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Be a good AI ancestor: Cybersecurity already gave us the playbook
AI has brought us to a familiar inflection point in the story of privacy, cybersecurity, and online safety. We have an opportunity to apply decades of cybersecurity experience …
October 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Time for an Office cleanup
September 2026 Patch Tuesday set an all-time record with 973 CVEs addressed across the Microsoft portfolio. We’re only four months into the Patch Apocalypse and everyone seems …
The world must establish red lines for autonomous AI weapons
AI is transforming warfare and international conflict. Autonomous weapon systems pose a genuine threat to civilians. The war in Ukraine has become a proving ground for weapons …
Gartner: 70% of SOCs will pilot AI agents. Only 15% will see results
In the Gartner report Validate the Promises of AI SOC Agents With These Key Questions, analysts Craig Lawson and Andrew Davies posit that “By 2028, 70% of large SOCs will …
What breach and attack simulation needs to become in the AI era
Breach and attack simulation (BAS) has always had a supply chain. Somebody has to read the threat report, pull out the techniques, and turn them into something that will …
September 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: All we need is more time
UPDATE: September 2026 Patch Tuesday is now live The Patch Apocalypse is continuing unabated. We are seeing record numbers of patches being released and reported CVEs continue …
Your threat feed is someone else’s database: What ingesting malware intel at scale takes
The advice is to consume shared threat intelligence. Join the ISAC. Wire the community feeds into your pipeline. This looks like a fine advice and I agree to it. What nobody …
NIS2 compliance: Fixing IAM and access control before the 2026 audit
The NIS2 Directive places direct obligations on organizations across supply chain risk management, incident reporting, and board-level accountability. October brings a new …
A hollowed out data layer is making CISOs fly blind into AI attacks
The security industry is currently transitioning to an era where both offense and defense are AI-led, and every SOC operates at machine speed. However, what most CISOs have …
338 million attack simulations reveal the state of enterprise defense
First, a bit of good news: Enterprise defenses are recovering. However, it’s a narrow recovery, with a twist. Today, organizations are better at stopping loud attacks but have …
Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization?
The recent news coverage of “rogue AI” systems hacking innocent companies reminded me of one of the world’s most unsung heroes and genuinely someone who may well have saved …
August 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do we deal with the patch apocalypse?
July 2026 Patch Tuesday was record-setting in so many ways. The sheer volume of security patches for almost every product in the Microsoft portfolio was the highest ever and, …
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