Tag: metric
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APT35 Data Leak Uncovers the Iranian Hacker Group’s Operations and Tactics
In October 2025, a significant breach exposed internal operational documents from APT35, also known as Charming Kitten, revealing that the Iranian state-sponsored group operates as a bureaucratized, quota-driven cyber-espionage unit with hierarchical command structures, performance metrics, and specialized attack teams. The leaked materials provide an unprecedented window into how this Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence…
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The CISO’s greatest risk? Department leaders quitting
What CISOs can and should be doing: The situation isn’t hopeless; there are steps CISOs can and should take to help avoid defections. It’s a matter of making staff a priority. PayNearMe’s Hobson says CISOs need to ask themselves whether functional security leaders are wearing too many hats with too few opportunities to advance, and…
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From code to boardroom: A GenAI GRC approach to supply chain risk
Tags: ai, blockchain, business, ciso, compliance, dark-web, data, defense, finance, framework, gartner, grc, intelligence, LLM, metric, open-source, regulation, resilience, risk, strategy, supply-chain, threat, vulnerabilityThe GenAI GRC mandate: From reporting to prediction: To counter a threat that moves at the speed of computation, our GRC must also become generative and predictive. The GenAI GRC mandate is to shift the focus from documenting compliance to predicting systemic failure.Current GRC methods are designed for documentation. They verify that a policy exists.…
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From code to boardroom: A GenAI GRC approach to supply chain risk
Tags: ai, blockchain, business, ciso, compliance, dark-web, data, defense, finance, framework, gartner, grc, intelligence, LLM, metric, open-source, regulation, resilience, risk, strategy, supply-chain, threat, vulnerabilityThe GenAI GRC mandate: From reporting to prediction: To counter a threat that moves at the speed of computation, our GRC must also become generative and predictive. The GenAI GRC mandate is to shift the focus from documenting compliance to predicting systemic failure.Current GRC methods are designed for documentation. They verify that a policy exists.…
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3 ways CISOs can win over their boards this budget season
Tip 2: Go beyond compliance standards: It’s no secret that compliance and regulations drive nearly 80% of CISOs’ budget justifications. Industry standards like HIPAA and SOC2 can offer a guiding framework for a program, but with evolving threats from AI, the rise of quantum computing and increasingly complex third-party risk, CISOs need to think of…
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AppSec metrics fail, Mend.io’s Risk Reduction Dashboard fixes it
See how Mend.io’s Risk Reduction Dashboard works. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/appsec-metrics-fail-mend-ios-risk-reduction-dashboard-fixes-it/
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Overconfidence is the new zero-day as teams stumble through cyber simulations
Readiness metrics have flatlined since 2023, with most sectors slipping backward as teams fumble crisis drills First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/immersive_cyber_resilience_report/
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The rise of the chief trust officer: Where does the CISO fit?
Tags: ai, business, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, governance, grc, jobs, marketplace, metric, office, privacy, risk, soc, strategy, technology, vulnerabilityCISO and CTrO: A model for a working partnership?: As customers, partners and regulators demand greater openness and assurance, those in the role say building trust, not just security, is the answer. Trust is touted as a differentiator for organizations looking to strengthen customer confidence and find a competitive advantage. Trust cuts across security, privacy,…
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Why you should purple team your SOC
Tags: attack, blueteam, breach, compliance, detection, metric, penetration-testing, phishing, powershell, PurpleTeam, service, soc, threat, tool, training. In theory, it’s about collaboration and continual improvement. In practice, it’s often a transactional service run by penetration testing firms focused on two things: proving they can bypass defences and producing a report that looks good in a board pack.That mindset doesn’t help with SOC effectiveness. A single purple team engagement doesn’t build real…
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Why you should purple team your SOC
Tags: attack, blueteam, breach, compliance, detection, metric, penetration-testing, phishing, powershell, PurpleTeam, service, soc, threat, tool, training. In theory, it’s about collaboration and continual improvement. In practice, it’s often a transactional service run by penetration testing firms focused on two things: proving they can bypass defences and producing a report that looks good in a board pack.That mindset doesn’t help with SOC effectiveness. A single purple team engagement doesn’t build real…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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CISOs must prove the business value of cyber, the right metrics can help
Cybersecurity as a business function: “The challenge has been that security is put in the wrong organizational structure, with the CISO reporting to the CIO or CTO or chief digital officer,” Oberlaender says. “Security is not foremost a technology problem. Maybe ten or twenty percent is technology. But the rest is people, process and the…
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What past ERP mishaps can teach CISOs about security platformization
Tags: ai, automation, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, metric, resilience, service, technology, tool, training5 tips for getting security platformization right: Current trending suggests that in many enterprises, security platform migration is inevitable in the short- or long-term. Given this, CISOs would be well served by carefully studying the mistakes made with ERP and plan accordingly with proven best practices. Based on my research, here are a few suggestions:Get executive…
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What past ERP mishaps can teach CISOs about security platformization
Tags: ai, automation, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, metric, resilience, service, technology, tool, training5 tips for getting security platformization right: Current trending suggests that in many enterprises, security platform migration is inevitable in the short- or long-term. Given this, CISOs would be well served by carefully studying the mistakes made with ERP and plan accordingly with proven best practices. Based on my research, here are a few suggestions:Get executive…
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Metrics don’t lie, but they can be misleading when they only tell IT’s side of the story
In this Help Net Security interview, Rik Mistry, Managing Partner at Interval Group, discusses how to align IT strategy with business goals. He explains how security, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/07/rik-mistry-interval-group-it-security-metrics/
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250 Episodes of Cloud Security Podcast by Google: From Confidential Computing to AI-Ready SOC
Tags: access, ai, automation, breach, cloud, computing, data, detection, firewall, google, incident response, metric, RedTeam, siem, soc, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustGemini for Docs improvises So this may suck, but I am hoping to at least earn some points for honesty here. I wanted to write something pithy and smart once I realized our Cloud Security Podcast by Google just aired our 250th episode (“EP250 The End of “Collect Everything”? Moving from Centralization to Data Access?”).…
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250 Episodes of Cloud Security Podcast by Google: From Confidential Computing to AI-Ready SOC
Tags: access, ai, automation, breach, cloud, computing, data, detection, firewall, google, incident response, metric, RedTeam, siem, soc, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustGemini for Docs improvises So this may suck, but I am hoping to at least earn some points for honesty here. I wanted to write something pithy and smart once I realized our Cloud Security Podcast by Google just aired our 250th episode (“EP250 The End of “Collect Everything”? Moving from Centralization to Data Access?”).…
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250 Episodes of Cloud Security Podcast by Google: From Confidential Computing to AI-Ready SOC
Tags: access, ai, automation, breach, cloud, computing, data, detection, firewall, google, incident response, metric, RedTeam, siem, soc, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustGemini for Docs improvises So this may suck, but I am hoping to at least earn some points for honesty here. I wanted to write something pithy and smart once I realized our Cloud Security Podcast by Google just aired our 250th episode (“EP250 The End of “Collect Everything”? Moving from Centralization to Data Access?”).…
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250 Episodes of Cloud Security Podcast by Google: From Confidential Computing to AI-Ready SOC
Tags: access, ai, automation, breach, cloud, computing, data, detection, firewall, google, incident response, metric, RedTeam, siem, soc, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustGemini for Docs improvises So this may suck, but I am hoping to at least earn some points for honesty here. I wanted to write something pithy and smart once I realized our Cloud Security Podcast by Google just aired our 250th episode (“EP250 The End of “Collect Everything”? Moving from Centralization to Data Access?”).…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Gen AI success requires an AI champions network
How to ensure network success: Only by having direct access to the core AI program team will your AI champions be able to escalate blockers, share wins, or ask questions. What they surface will include everything from permissions problems to policy gray zones to unplanned usage patterns that could be scaled into formal solutions. That…
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Gen AI success requires an AI champions network
How to ensure network success: Only by having direct access to the core AI program team will your AI champions be able to escalate blockers, share wins, or ask questions. What they surface will include everything from permissions problems to policy gray zones to unplanned usage patterns that could be scaled into formal solutions. That…
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Gen AI success requires an AI champions network
How to ensure network success: Only by having direct access to the core AI program team will your AI champions be able to escalate blockers, share wins, or ask questions. What they surface will include everything from permissions problems to policy gray zones to unplanned usage patterns that could be scaled into formal solutions. That…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…