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passwords
Passwords are still breaking compliance programs

The security stack has grown, but audits still stumble on passwords. CISOs see this every year. An organization may have strong endpoint tools, layered network defenses, and a …

email attacks
What security teams miss in email attacks

Email remains the most common entry point for attackers. This article examines how phishing, impersonation, and account takeover continue to drive email breaches and expose …

Chirag Shah
Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach

Chirag Shah, Global Information Security Officer & DPO at Model N examines how cyber risk in pharma and life sciences is shifting beyond traditional breaches toward data …

Person
AI security risks are also cultural and developmental

Security teams spend much of their time tracking vulnerabilities, abuse patterns, and system failures. A new study argues that many AI risks sit deeper than technical flaws. …

OpenAEV
OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform

OpenAEV is an open source platform designed to plan, run, and review cyber adversary simulation campaigns used by security teams. The project focuses on organizing exercises …

insider threat
Understanding AI insider risk before it becomes a problem

In this Help Net Security video, Greg Pollock, Head of Research and Insights at UpGuard, discusses AI use inside organizations and the risks tied to insiders. He explains two …

shadow AI
What shadow AI means for SaaS security and integrations

In this Help Net Security video, Jaime Blasco, CTO at Nudge Security, discusses why shadow AI matters to security teams. He describes how AI adoption happens in two ways, …

Brain
From experiment to production, AI settles into embedded software development

AI-generated code is already running inside devices that control power grids, medical equipment, vehicles, and industrial plants. AI moves from experiment to production AI …

healthcare cybersecurity
Hospitals are drowning in threats they can’t triage

Healthcare is facing a rise in cyber threats driven by vulnerable medical devices, growing data exposure, and AI adoption. This article outlines the pressures, gaps, and …

Duplicati
Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client

Duplicati is an open source backup client that creates encrypted, incremental, compressed backup sets and sends them to cloud storage services or remote file servers. What the …

privacy
What consumers expect from data security

Security teams spend years building controls around data protection, then a survey asks consumers a simple question about responsibility and the answer lands close to home. …

TV
Illegal streaming grew into an organized, profitable, and dangerous industry

Rising streaming prices are pushing more viewers toward illegal options. Movies, TV shows, and live sports are now spread across multiple platforms, and keeping up with all of …

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