Tag: skills
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BSidesCache 2025 From Law Enforcement To Cybersecurity: Building Skills That Matter
BSidesSLC Author, Creator & Presenter: Andrew Crottym – Warrant Officer (Cyber Warfare), United States Army Reserve Our thanks to BSidesCache for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding BSidesCache 2025 content on the Organizations’ YouTube Channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/bsidescache-2025-from-law-enforcement-to-cybersecurity-building-skills-that-matter/
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AI is Everywhere, But CISOs are Still Securing It with Yesterday’s Skills and Tools, Study Finds
A majority of security leaders are struggling to defend AI systems with tools and skills that are not fit for the challenge, according to the AI and Adversarial Testing Benchmark Report 2026 from Pentera.The report, based on a survey of 300 US CISOs and senior security leaders, examines how organizations are securing AI infrastructure and…
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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What it takes to win that CSO role
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, flaw, framework, google, identity, insurance, jobs, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, skills, startup, strategy, technology, threatGovern the explosion of shadow AI and establish guardrails for generative AI before it creates material data leakage.Move beyond prevention and operate as a business enabler, proving the organization can maintain a minimum viable business during a sustained outage.Address compliance burdens, such as SEC disclosure rules or the EU AI Act, not as a checklist,…
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What it takes to win that CSO role
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, flaw, framework, google, identity, insurance, jobs, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, skills, startup, strategy, technology, threatGovern the explosion of shadow AI and establish guardrails for generative AI before it creates material data leakage.Move beyond prevention and operate as a business enabler, proving the organization can maintain a minimum viable business during a sustained outage.Address compliance burdens, such as SEC disclosure rules or the EU AI Act, not as a checklist,…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America: What It Means for the U.S. and Why It Matters Globally
Tags: access, ai, awareness, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, computing, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, governance, government, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malicious, network, regulation, resilience, risk, skills, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustPresident Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America signals a shift toward risk-based security and cooperation across emerging technologies. While centered on U.S. interests, the strategy provides a blueprint to collectively strengthen global cyber resilience. Key takeaways Cybersecurity as a global security imperative: The strategy signals that cybersecurity has evolved beyond a mere “IT issue” to become…
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4 ways to prepare your SOC for agentic AI
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, best-practice, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, framework, governance, guide, identity, injection, intelligence, least-privilege, metric, mitre, radius, RedTeam, risk, siem, skills, soar, soc, threat, toolBuild capabilities for AI governance, content and quality: Upskilling existing analysts alone is not enough. As AI agents begin operating across tools, making decisions and triggering actions with minimal human involvement, the demands on the SOC will extend well beyond traditional analyst capabilities, experts say.Content engineering, for instance, is one emerging requirement. In an AI-enabled…
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Teenage hacker myth primed for a middle-age criminal makeover
Tags: access, breach, business, corporate, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, extortion, finance, group, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, jobs, malware, network, penetration-testing, programming, ransomware, service, skills, software, technology, threat, vulnerabilityCybercrime cartels: Dray Agha, senior security operations manager at managed detection and response services firm Huntress, said the analysis illustrates that the “Hollywood image of a teenage lone wolf hacking for bragging rights” is vastly outdated since the threat landscape is dominated by “highly organised, profit-driven syndicates.””While young people may still engage in digital vandalism…
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How to know you’re a real-deal CSO, and whether that job opening truly seeks one
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, communications, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, framework, governance, incident response, infosec, insurance, jobs, metric, privacy, radius, risk, skills, strategy, threat, training, vulnerabilityStriking the right balance of experience and responsibility: Mark G. McCreary, partner and chief AI and IT security officer at Boston-based legal firm Fox Rothschild LLP, has seen both extremes: security being completely sidelined and security professionals given excessive, unjustified authority.In some firms, a newly appointed CSO might be positioned as a gatekeeper without the…
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AI-powered attack kits go open source, and CyberStrikeAI may be just the beginning
100-plus prebuilt tool recipes and a human-readable YAML-based extension system;Attack-chain graph, risk scoring, and “step-by-step replay”;Password-protected web user interfaces (UIs) and audit logs;A knowledge base with vector search, hybrid retrieval, and searchable archives;Vulnerability management with create, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations, severity tracking, status workflow, and statistics;Batch task management that can organize task queues and…
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AI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, governance, identity, infrastructure, risk, saas, skills, software, strategy, theft, threat, toolAI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report madhav Tue, 03/03/2026 – 15:00 Over the past year, I’ve watched AI move to operational reality across nearly every industry we work with. The conversation is no longer about whether AI will transform business. It already has. Cybersecurity Todd Moore –…
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AI and Deepfakes Supercharge Sophisticated Cyber-Attacks, Says Cloudflare
Cloudflare Threat Report warns that AI tools enable attackers who lacked required skills to generate effective attacks rapidly and at scale First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-deepfakes-supercharge/
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7 factors impacting the cyber skills gap
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, control, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, group, incident response, intelligence, jobs, risk, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability2. Emerging technologies: New technologies, particularly AI, are contributing to a cyber landscape that’s evolving so quickly it’s hard for even highly skilled cybersecurity professionals to pace, says Dan Lohrmann, CISO at enterprise strategy and consulting firm Presidio.AI-driven threats keep moving the target, allowing cybercriminals to attack with unprecedented levels of speed and agility, Lohrmann…
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Vulnerability monitoring service secures public-sector websites faster
Tags: business, ceo, cyber, dns, government, Internet, monitoring, office, resilience, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityTools good, talk better: The UK government’s VMS uses a combination of commercial and proprietary scanning tools to detect vulnerabilities in internet-facing assets.But McKay cautions against drawing the wrong conclusion from the results.”Process, accountability and taking ownership for explaining why this matters to the resilience of the business is far more important than the technical…
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How CISOs can build a resilient workforce
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, jobs, monitoring, network, risk, service, skills, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, trainingBurnout leads to job dissatisfaction: Burnout is an ongoing concern for many CISOs and their teams, especially when unpredictable events can trigger workload spikes, burnout can escalate fast. “It’s something that can overwhelm pretty quickly,” Ford says.Industry surveys continue to flash red on persistent burnout that leads to job dissatisfaction. The ISC2 study found almost…
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5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, business, cio, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, framework, governance, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, okta, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCTEM in the spotlight: In another evolutionary trend, most organizations are moving beyond scanning for software snafus to continuous threat exposure management (CTEM). By doing so, security teams hope to get a full picture of all assets, as well as their configurations, locations, software vulnerabilities, ownership, and business criticality.Armed with this data, CTEM platforms look…
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The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web
OpenClaw has sparked heavy Telegram and dark web chatter, but Flare’s data shows more research hype than mass exploitation. Flare explains how its telemetry found real supply-chain risk in the skills marketplace, yet limited signs of large-scale criminal operationalization. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-openclaw-hype-analysis-of-chatter-from-open-source-deep-and-dark-web/
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In the AI era, CISOs worry about data leaks and doubt tech will solve skills gaps
CISOs see AI as necessary but insufficient and fraught with risks, a new report found. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/in-the-ai-era-cisos-worry-about-data-leaks-and-doubt-tech-will-solve-skill/812964/
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Forescout Launches VistaroAI to Help Security Teams Cut Through AI Hype and Act Faster on Real Threats
Forescout Technologies has today introduced Forescout VistaroAI, a new agentic AI capability designed to help security teams prioritize risks, reduce investigation time, and respond faster to cyber threats. Unlike traditional AI assistants that rely on prompts or chatbot interfaces, VistaroAI is built around pre-programmed security skills and role-based workflows. The system continuously analyzes changes across…
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UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze
Visa applications down, executives emigrating, and AI blamed for the rest First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/24/brit_tech_firms_face_falling/
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TDL 016 – Speed, Risk, and Responsibility in the Age of AI – Rafael Ramirez
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, country, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, firewall, governance, government, hacker, ibm, incident response, intelligence, Internet, law, linkedin, login, mfa, microsoft, network, risk, saas, service, skills, software, startup, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustSummary In a recent episode of The Defenders Log, host David Redekop sat down with cyber security expert Rafael Ramirez to navigate the rapidly shifting landscape of AI security. As we move deeper into 2026, the duo explored how artificial intelligence has evolved from simple chatbots into powerful, autonomous “agentic” systems. The Double-Edged Sword of…
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Over 41% of Popular OpenClaw Skills Found to Contain Security Vulnerabilities
An audit of 2,890+ OpenClaw skills found 41.7% contain serious security vulnerabilities, exposing systemic risk in AI agent ecosystems. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/over-41-of-popular-openclaw-skills-found-to-contain-security-vulnerabilities/
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From in-house CISO to consultant. What you need to know before making the leap
Tags: advisory, best-practice, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, framework, jobs, resilience, risk, service, skills, toolSkills that carry over into consulting: Many of the skills CISOs honed inside large organizations translate directly to the new consulting job, while others suddenly matter more than they ever did before. In addition to technical skills, it is often the practical ones that prove most valuable.The ability to prioritize, sharpened over years in a…
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From in-house CISO to consultant. What you need to know before making the leap
Tags: advisory, best-practice, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, framework, jobs, resilience, risk, service, skills, toolSkills that carry over into consulting: Many of the skills CISOs honed inside large organizations translate directly to the new consulting job, while others suddenly matter more than they ever did before. In addition to technical skills, it is often the practical ones that prove most valuable.The ability to prioritize, sharpened over years in a…
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ClawHavoc Infects OpenClaw’s ClawHub with 1,184 Malicious Skills, Exposing Data Theft Risks
A large-scale supply chain poisoning campaign dubbed ClawHavoc has hit OpenClaw’s official skill marketplace, ClawHub, with at least 1,184 malicious “Skills” historically published on the platform. The incident highlights how fast-growing AI agent ecosystems can become high-value malware distribution channels when plugins are easy to publish and users routinely grant agents broad system access. OpenClaw (previously known…
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The new paradigm for raising up secure software engineers
Tags: ai, application-security, awareness, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, data, governance, login, risk, skills, software, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityThreat modeling as a core competency: This system-level thinking should also elevate the need for greater developer fluency in threat modeling, says Yasar. He notes that threat modeling has historically been difficult for product security and engineering teams to operationalize at scale. One of the longstanding barriers to practical threat modeling was the knowledge required…