Tag: automation
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API Sprawl Can Trip Up Your Security, Big Time
The future of API security is not just about better firewalls, it is about smarter governance, automation and visibility at scale. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/api-sprawl-can-trip-up-your-security-big-time/
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How cybersecurity leaders can defend against the spur of AI-driven NHI
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, framework, gartner, governance, group, guide, identity, infrastructure, least-privilege, LLM, login, monitoring, password, phishing, RedTeam, risk, sans, service, software, technology, tool, vulnerabilityVisibility Yageo Group had so many problematic machine identities that information security operations manager Terrick Taylor says he is almost embarrassed to say this, even though the group has now automated the monitoring of both human and non-human identities and has a process for managing identity lifecycles. “Last time I looked at the portal, there…
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Johnson Controls starts notifying people affected by 2023 breach
Building automation giant Johnson Controls is notifying individuals whose data was stolen in a massive ransomware attack that impacted the company’s operations worldwide in September 2023. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/johnson-controls-starts-notifying-people-affected-by-2023-breach/
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CISOs must rethink defense playbooks as cybercriminals move faster, smarter
Tags: access, automation, breach, business, cisco, ciso, crowdstrike, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, incident response, Intruder, okta, ransomware, siem, technology, threatThreat actor containment: Increasingly ‘surgical’ and best with a plan: Even after an intruder has been identified, today’s rapid pace of adversary activity is also straining cybersecurity teams’ ability to contain intruders before they can cause damage.”If I’m a CISO, if I’m responsible for detecting and remediating that incident before it progresses to becoming a…
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Improving NHIs Management in Your Organization
Is Your Organization Harnessing the Full Power of Non-Human Identities? The increasing reliance on automation and cloud computing in industries such as healthcare, financial services, and travel, has led to a surge in Non-Human Identities (NHIs). Deployed effectively, these machine identities can significantly streamline operations. However, their management presents a new layer of complexity in……
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How to Chart an Exposure Management Leadership Path for You, Your Boss and Your Organization
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, container, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, identity, incident response, iot, jobs, kubernetes, ransom, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, soc, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, we share some tips on how to lead the move to exposure management. You can read the entire Exposure Management Academy series here. For years, organizations poured resources into reactive…
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Fake account creation attacks: anatomy, detection, and defense
Fake account creation is one of the most persistent forms of online abuse. What used to be a fringe tactic (bots signing up to post spam) has become a scaled, repeatable attack. Today’s fake account farms operate with disposable identities, rotating infrastructure, and automation frameworks built to evade First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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The rise of the compliance super soldier: A new human-AI paradigm in GRC
Tags: ai, automation, awareness, compliance, control, governance, grc, jobs, law, LLM, metric, regulation, risk, skills, strategy, threat, tool, training, updateRegulatory acceleration: Global AI laws are evolving but remain fragmented and volatile. Toolchain convergence: Risk, compliance and engineering workflows are merging into unified platforms. Maturity asymmetry: Few organizations have robust genAI governance strategies, and even fewer have built dedicated AI risk teams. These forces create a scenario where GRC teams must evolve rapidly, from policy monitors to strategic…
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Cisco warns of critical API vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, data, defense, email, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, framework, guide, Hardware, incident response, malicious, microsoft, mobile, network, penetration-testing, programming, risk, router, saas, sans, service, software, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, wafroot user.The fault behind both vulnerabilities: Holes in application programming interfaces (APIs).”Take this vulnerability seriously,” said Moses Frost, senior course instructor on cloud penetration testing at the SANS Institute. “In my experience assessing networks, I have found through testing that many lack essential patches and security hardening on their core network devices. I have seen Cisco…
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Jitterbit Expands Global Partner Program to Help Channel Tap Into AI and Automation Demand
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/jitterbit-expands-global-partner-program-to-help-channel-tap-into-ai-and-automation-demand
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Pressure is mounting to cut jobs in favor of AI. Here’s why you shouldn’t.
Tags: access, ai, application-security, automation, breach, business, ciso, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, jobs, strategyShort-term savings, long-term consequences: Other experts expressed skepticism that CrowdStrike’s planned job cut are directly related to greater use of AI since the vendor has heavily relied on machine learning and similar technologies since its founding.”CrowdStrike’s layoffs are likely very little to do with AI; it is just sold as that,” Jaco Vermeulen of boutique…
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Flowable Named in the latest Gartner® Market Guide for BPA Tools
ZURICH, Switzerland Zurich-based automation platform Flowable has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner newly released… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/flowable-named-latest-gartner-market-guide-bpa-tools/
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CrowdStrike is cutting jobs in favor of AI. Here’s why you shouldn’t.
Tags: access, ai, application-security, automation, breach, business, ciso, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, jobs, strategyShort-term savings, long-term consequences: Other experts expressed skepticism that CrowdStrike’s planned job cut are directly related to greater use of AI since the vendor has heavily relied on machine learning and similar technologies since its founding.”CrowdStrike’s layoffs are likely very little to do with AI; it is just sold as that,” Jaco Vermeulen of boutique…
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How to make your multicloud security more effective
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cloud, container, control, data, infrastructure, LLM, risk, risk-analysis, software, technology, threat, toolIs it time to repatriate to the data center?: Perhaps. Some organizations, such as Zoom, have moved workloads to on-premises because it provides more predictable performance for real-time needs of their apps. John Qian, who once worked there and now is the CISO for security vendor Aviatrix, tells CSO that Zoom uses all three of…
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The Era of Agentic Security with Microsoft Security Copilot
In the evolving landscape of cyber threats, security teams often find themselves overwhelmed. They are constantly battling an unrelenting barrage of incidents with limited resources. Traditional automation falls short. The dynamic and unpredictable nature of modern attacks keeps threat actors one step ahead of defenders. This is where Microsoft Security Copilot steps in. It’s not..…
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Intezer and Torq Enable First AgentAgent AI Collaboration for Smarter SOC Automation
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/intezer-and-torq-enable-first-agent-to-agent-ai-collaboration-for-smarter-soc-automation
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2025
Tags: ai, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, cyber, defense, detection, google, governance, guide, metric, office, RedTeam, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustAmazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog/podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe). Top 10 posts with the most lifetime views (excluding paper announcement blogs): Anton’s Alert Fatigue: The Study [A.C.”Š”, “Šwow, this…
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How AI-Enabled Workflow Automation Can Help SOCs Reduce Burnout
It sure is a hard time to be a SOC analyst. Every day, they are expected to solve high-consequence problems with half the data and twice the pressure. Analysts are overwhelmed”, not just by threats, but by the systems and processes in place that are meant to help them respond. Tooling is fragmented. Workflows are…
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The ROI of moving certificate management in-house with internal CAs
Managing certificates in-house using private CAs offers enterprises greater security, compliance, and long-term cost savings. With the shift toward shorter certificate lifespans and rising complexity in modern IT environments, public CAs often fall short. Private CAs empower businesses with agility, automation, and control while supporting post-quantum cryptography and hybrid infrastructure needs. Tools like Sectigo streamline…
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Security, risk and compliance in the world of AI agents
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, compliance, control, credentials, data, encryption, finance, framework, governance, grc, identity, infection, injection, ISO-27001, jobs, LLM, monitoring, password, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, service, tool, trainingUnderstand and interpret natural language Access internal and external data sources dynamically Invoke tools (like APIs, databases, search engines) Carry memory to recall prior interactions or results Chain logic to reason through complex multi-step tasks They may be deployed through: Open-source frameworks like LangChain or Semantic Kernel Custom-built agent stacks powered by internal LLM APIs Hybrid orchestration models integrated across business platforms Real-world examples…
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Are Forgotten AD Service Accounts Leaving You at Risk?
For many organizations, Active Directory (AD) service accounts are quiet afterthoughts, persisting in the background long after their original purpose has been forgotten. To make matters worse, these orphaned service accounts (created for legacy applications, scheduled tasks, automation scripts, or test environments) are often left active with non-expiring or stale passwords.It’s no surprise First seen…
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8 tips for mastering multicloud security
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, conference, control, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, google, governance, identity, intelligence, least-privilege, malware, microsoft, monitoring, okta, resilience, risk, service, siem, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability2. Create unified security governance: A unified security governance model should be established, spanning all cloud environments and supported by centralized identity management, visibility, automation, and policy enforcement, advises Nigel Gibbons, director and senior advisor at security services firm NCC Group.This approach, Gibbons says, minimizes complexity and silos by creating consistent security controls across cloud…
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Guardz Snags $56M to Grow AI Cybersecurity Platform for MSPs
Startup Boosts AI-Driven Detection, MSP Channel Outreach and Hiring With Series B. Guardz has secured $56 million to deepen AI-powered threat detection and enhance automation for MSPs. The Series B funding will support platform engineering, channel marketing and operational scaling as Miami-based Guardz targets a simplified and consolidated cybersecurity future. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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LinuxFest Northwest: Easy Modular Sensors And Automation
Author/Presenter: Sam Groveman (Research Associate) Our sincere appreciation to LinuxFest Northwest (Now Celebrating Their Organizational 25th Anniversary Of Community Excellence), and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their superb LinuxFest Northwest 2025 video content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, Washington; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Thanks and a…
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Datadog AI agent observability, security seek to boost trust
As AI agents mature, new tools aim to bolster their reliability and security with fresh visibility into automation workflows and more detailed troubleshooting. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366625992/Datadog-AI-agent-observability-security-seek-to-boost-trust
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How GitGuardian and Akeyless Secure Machine Identities Across Environments
Tags: automationSee how GitGuardian’s deep discovery, combined with Akeyless’s automation, delivers full secrets lifecycle control. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/how-gitguardian-and-akeyless-secure-machine-identities-across-environments/
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From Puppeteer stealth to Nodriver: How anti-detect frameworks evolved to evade bot detection
Browser automation tools like Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium are widely used for testing, scraping, and other automation tasks. However, because they were not designed with stealth in mind, they often expose detectable traces. These can include headless browser markers, inconsistencies in JavaScript APIs, or synthetic input patterns, all of which First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Forgotten patches: The silent killer
Tags: attack, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, tool, update, vulnerabilityAccuracy over convenience: It’s tempting to prioritize speed or ease. But making patching easier cannot come at the expense of accuracy. Light enforcement, delays in applying updates, or gaps between tools and policy all introduce risk.Patch management must detect when systems drift out of compliance, whether due to misconfiguration, agent failure, or an unexpected event,…