Tag: business
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The hidden cost of AI speed: Unmanaged cyber risk
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, flaw, google, governance, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, monitoring, open-source, openai, privacy, radius, risk, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAI isn’t just moving fast. It’s creating new attack paths. Cyber teams must now manage vulnerabilities and their ramifications throughout their IT environments in AI tools deployed without enough governance guardrails. The answer for securing this new attack surface? Unified exposure management. Key takeaways AI as an attack vector: By connecting to core workflows and…
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Palo Alto Networks Debuts Secure Browser For SMBs: 5 Key Features
Palo Alto Networks on Monday announced the debut of an SMB-focused secure browser, the Prisma Browser for Business, in a major move to expand one of its fast-growing offerings to a broader customer segment. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/palo-alto-networks-debuts-secure-browser-for-smbs-5-key-features
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AI Readiness Assessment: How to Evaluate If Your Business Is Truly Ready for AI
AI is no longer optional. It is already reshaping cost structures, decision making, and competitive positioning. The question is not whether you should adopt AI….Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/ai-readiness-assessment-how-to-evaluate-if-your-business-is-truly-ready-for-ai/
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Behavioral XDR and threat intel nab North Korean fake IT worker within 10 days of hire
Key signs of NK-linked insider infiltration: SpiderLabs has found that these threat actors commonly operate from China rather than North Korea because the internet is more stable and they can employ VPN services to conceal their true geographic origin.Astrill VPN has the ability to bypass China’s Great Firewall and allows threat actors to tunnel traffic…
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QA: “If It’s Not Secure, You Can’t Trust It”
Dewayne Hart brings frontline cyber experience to a field increasingly defined by speed, risk and constant change. A former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer with over two decades in defence systems and leadership training, he now works at the intersection of cybersecurity, business strategy and workforce readiness. As founder of Secure Managed Instructional Systems, Hart…
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QA: “If It’s Not Secure, You Can’t Trust It”
Dewayne Hart brings frontline cyber experience to a field increasingly defined by speed, risk and constant change. A former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer with over two decades in defence systems and leadership training, he now works at the intersection of cybersecurity, business strategy and workforce readiness. As founder of Secure Managed Instructional Systems, Hart…
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QA: “If It’s Not Secure, You Can’t Trust It”
Dewayne Hart brings frontline cyber experience to a field increasingly defined by speed, risk and constant change. A former U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer with over two decades in defence systems and leadership training, he now works at the intersection of cybersecurity, business strategy and workforce readiness. As founder of Secure Managed Instructional Systems, Hart…
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We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review the terrifying new world of ransomware
Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HRThe birth of ransomware was a stunt that got out of hand. In 1989, an evolutionary biologist called Joseph L Popp Jr was working part time for the World Health Organisation on the Aids epidemic. He was a difficult man. When he was…
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TDL 018 – How To Think, Not What To Think – Mitch Prior
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, blockchain, business, cctv, china, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, credentials, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, firmware, google, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, jobs, law, mail, malware, military, network, phone, privacy, resilience, risk, router, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wifi, zero-trustThe Human Algorithm in a Zero-Trust World In the latest episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with cybersecurity expert Mitch Prior to discuss the intersection of high-tech security and human intuition. From their first meeting in 2018″, the early days of Zero Trust”, the duo explores why the “why” behind technical…
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What to Do When Your Website Is Under a DDoS Attack
A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack can disrupt your website within minutes, making it inaccessible to users and impacting business operations. These attacks flood your server or network with massive volumes of malicious traffic, overwhelming resources and preventing legitimate users from accessing your services. With DDoS attacks becoming more frequent and sophisticated, businesses must act quickly……
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Cybercriminals are Winning with AI
AI has become the most powerful tool for financial fraud since the dawn of the Internet. As predicted, criminals are exploiting it faster, more effectively, and at scale. According to the latest Interpol Global Financial Fraud Report, AI-enhanced fraud is now 4.5 times more profitable than traditional schemes. That’s a significant shift and we’re still…
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How can Agentic AI help your business stay ahead
Are Businesses Truly Prepared for the Challenges Presented by Machine Identities? Cybersecurity is constantly evolving, and one of the emerging complexities is the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, require astute management to ensure robust security frameworks and seamless operations. But what exactly does this involve, and why is it becoming a critical……
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Bolster your defenses and close the codecloud gap with Tenable and OX
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, business, ciso, cloud, container, control, data, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, risk, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityToday, cloud security teams face fragmented visibility and the challenge of prioritizing risks while identifying fix owners. A new joint solution from Tenable and OX helps you close the code-to-cloud gap from development through runtime. By combining CNAPP with deep AppSec, this integration is designed to eliminate visibility gaps and accelerate remediation. Key takeaways Bridge…
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New Check Point Channel Chief: ‘There’s No Platformization Without Partners’
Industry veteran Chris Moore has joined Check Point as channel chief with an aim toward engaging more partners in segments outside of its core firewall business, he tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/new-check-point-channel-chief-there-s-no-platformization-without-partners
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The True Cost of Cyber Downtime: A UK Board-Level Briefing
Tags: attack, backup, business, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, finance, GDPR, governance, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, monitoring, resilience, saas, service, supply-chain, technologyWritten by Sean Tilley, Senior Sales Director EMEA at 11:11 Systems Cyber downtime carries measurable financial consequences, and those consequences are becoming clearer with each major incident. Research from 11:11 Systems shows that 78% of European organisations report losses of up to $500,000 per hour following a cyber-related outage, while 6% face costs exceeding £1 million per…
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Anthropic ban heralds new era of supply chain risk, with no clear playbook
Tags: ai, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, compliance, control, data, defense, framework, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, law, monitoring, network, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, sbom, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, toolCompliance pressure before policy clarity: For organizations that do business with the federal government, the implications extend beyond technical challenges into legal and contractual risk. Alex Major, co-chair of government contracts and global trade practice at law firm McCarter and English, tells CSO that supply chain designations like the Anthropic ban tend to move quickly…
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Anthropic ban heralds new era of supply chain risk, with no clear playbook
Tags: ai, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, compliance, control, data, defense, framework, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, law, monitoring, network, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, sbom, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, toolCompliance pressure before policy clarity: For organizations that do business with the federal government, the implications extend beyond technical challenges into legal and contractual risk. Alex Major, co-chair of government contracts and global trade practice at law firm McCarter and English, tells CSO that supply chain designations like the Anthropic ban tend to move quickly…
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EU Sanctions Companies in China, Iran for Cyberattacks
Already sanctioned in the US and the UK, these rulings prohibit companies and a couple of principals from entering or doing business in the European Union. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/eu-sanctions-companies-china-iran-cyberattacks
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The Refund Fraud Economy: Exploiting Major Retailers and Payment Platforms
Refund fraud is now a business, with methods and tutorials sold to exploit return policies for profit. Flare shows how fraudsters turn refunds and chargebacks into a repeatable profit model. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-refund-fraud-economy-exploiting-major-retailers-and-payment-platforms/
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Can you prove the person on the other side is real?
Tags: access, ai, business, control, credentials, exploit, governance, identity, least-privilege, risk, threat, tool, updateExploiting the deceased and the dormant: Attackers follow leverage. Dormant, legacy and deceased identities create leverage because they already come with history, which serves as scaffolding for a synthetic persona to climb.I have seen how quickly a subdued record can become an entry point. An adversary pairs an older account or identity footprint with newly…
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CISOs rethink their data protection strategies
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, cyber, data, defense, framework, governance, healthcare, identity, jobs, LLM, privacy, resilience, risk, service, strategy, technology, tool, zero-trustFactors driving strategy evaluations CISOs, security experts, and data practitioners cite the expanding use of AI in the enterprise as the main reason they’re rethinking their data protection strategies.”AI is exposing more sensitive information as [workers] are taking that information and typing it into LLMs,” says Errol Weiss, CSO at Health-ISAC.AI tools make it easy…
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Stop building security goals around controls
In this Help Net Security interview, Devin Rudnicki, CISO at Fitch Group, argues that security strategy fails when it loses its connection to business outcomes. Rudnicki walks … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/18/devin-rudnicki-fitch-group-ciso-business-alignment/
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EU Belatedly Sanctions Chinese and Iranian Hackers
Chinese Hacking Firm iSoon and Iran’s Emennet Pasargad Among Targets. The European Union sanctioned three Chinese and Iranian hacking operations that have been under U.S. indictments or sanctions for over a year – or, in one case, since 2019. The sanctions freeze assets and forbid EU citizens and companies from funding or otherwise doing business…
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Anton’s Vibe Coding Experience: A Reflection on Risk Decisions
Tags: access, ai, application-security, authentication, business, compliance, corporate, credentials, data, google, linkedin, LLM, risk, toolLook, I’m not a developer, and the last time I truly “wrote code” was probably a good number of years ago (and it was probably Perl so you may hate me). I am also not an appsec expert (as I often remind people). Below I am describing my experience “vibe coding” an application. Before I go…
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Introducing AI-powered Contextual Project Classification: From severity scores to business risk
Find your most sensitive code and prioritize fixes. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/introducing-ai-powered-contextual-project-classification-from-severity-scores-to-business-risk/
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Google Warns Ransomware Groups Shift to Data Theft as Profits Decline
Google is warning that ransomware gangs are reinventing their business model as traditional encryption”‘for”‘ransom attacks become less profitable and data”‘theft extortion surges.”‹ Better cybersecurity controls, improved backup strategies, and stronger recovery capabilities mean more victims can restore their systems without paying, directly eroding criminal revenue. Public reporting also shows that both ransom payment rates and average demand…
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Why Enterprise Resource Planning Access Gaps Fuel Fraud Risk
Pathlock’s Jason Gzym on ERP Platforms, Observability and Fraud Exposure. Organizations believe their identity governance programs cover critical business systems. Jason Gzym, vice president of sales engineering and advisory at Pathlock, says ERP platforms remain a blind spot because teams lack granular visibility into access, activity and risky entitlement combinations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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UK’s Companies House confirms security flaw exposed business data
Companies House, a British government agency that operates the registry for all U.K. companies, says its WebFiling service is back online after it was closed on Friday to fix a security flaw that exposed companies’ information since October 2025. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uks-companies-house-confirms-security-flaw-exposed-business-data/