Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization? 2026-08-11 at 09:00 By Help Net Security 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 the world. In 1983, the USSR’s early warning systems reported […]
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CISO Conversations: Russ Kirby – Passion Is the Antidote to Burnout 2026-08-04 at 17:30 By Kevin Townsend Russ Kirby, CISO at Ping Identity, shares how passion, courage, and “good enough” thinking shaped his path from HP to the C-suite—and what keeps him up at night. The post CISO Conversations: Russ Kirby – Passion Is the
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Digital executive protection is a strategic imperative for CEOs 2026-08-04 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Brian Hill, Field CISO, Client Advisory for BlackCloak, explains how attackers reach companies through the personal lives of executives. He describes a case where a draft report sat in an executive’s personal email
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OWASP’s subtractive security project measures the attack paths you erased 2026-08-04 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz An attacker who talks a user into opening an attachment gets whatever that machine still permits: a service account with rights across the domain, an outbound route to anywhere, a scripting engine sitting there for the taking. Christopher Frenz
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Data breach cost 2026 averaged $4.99 million, AI attacks ran higher 2026-07-30 at 09:15 By Mirko Zorz More than one in four organizations hit by a malicious attack over the past year say AI drove it. Those breaches averaged about $1 million above the malicious attacks that ran without AI. Defenders bought similar technology and
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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced 2026-07-29 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A ransomware hit lands a chemical plant in a safe state. Nobody is hurt, the site holds steady, and the operators begin the restart. The systems stay down. Every attempt to bring them online meets
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Hugging Face breach reignites open-weights debate, raises liability questions 2026-07-28 at 18:55 By Zeljka Zorz The first publicly documented cyberattack run end-to-end by an autonomous AI was an OpenAI benchmark test that escaped its sandbox and breached Hugging Face. In an incident post-mortem compiled with the input from Hugging Face and several hundred members of
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Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone 2026-07-28 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Brandy Wityak, VP of Complex Matters at LevelBlue, explains what happens in the hours after a shadow AI incident. She describes how quickly logs roll over, why firewall records of outbound
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Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta 2026-07-23 at 12:53 By SecurityWeek News He replaces Guy Rosen, who announced his retirement from the company after 13 years. The post Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Building a defense in depth strategy for sensitive data 2026-07-23 at 07:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Professional Software Engineer at Broadridge, explains how to build a defense in depth strategy for protecting sensitive data. He argues that a single control, like encrypting a disk or
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The air gap is a myth and other OT security truths 2026-07-21 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Benjamin Bachmann, Director Group Information Security at Bilfinger, speaks with Help Net Security about defending industrial plants. He explains why attackers want to control operations instead of stealing data, and why the air gap is mostly a myth.
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The five step plan that cuts security budget waste 2026-07-17 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Viktor Bulanek, CTO of Penetrify, explains where security budget waste comes from. Budgets get built around vendor categories, compliance checkboxes, and last year’s headlines. Attackers work along attack paths, and that mismatch is
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Reading between the lines of a cyber insurance policy 2026-07-16 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Enterprises in regulated industries often carry cyber insurance policies because contracts require it or boards ask for documented risk transfer. The global market for these policies reached about $16 billion in premiums in 2024. Coverage has become widespread. Payouts have
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Companies keep getting breached by vulnerabilities they already knew about 2026-07-16 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz Scanning tools have gotten good at their work. Organizations now find more weaknesses across more of their systems than at any earlier point in the industry’s history. A survey from the security firm Vicarius points to a gap that
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Orbia CISO Miranda Ritchie on building security into sustainable infrastructure 2026-07-08 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Miranda Ritchie, CISO at Orbia, talks about protecting industrial systems where software runs water, chemical and manufacturing processes. She explains why a cyber incident in these settings can harm people, equipment and
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CISO Conversations: Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity Leader, Thought Leader and Original Thinker 2026-07-07 at 15:00 By Kevin Townsend Tarah Wheeler is CISO at TPO Group, a firm that provides cybersecurity consultancy for high-stakes organizations. But despite this elevated position, her journey was far from typical. The post CISO Conversations: Tarah Wheeler, Cybersecurity Leader, Thought Leader and
Securing the inbox: Where identity, brand and security meet 2026-07-06 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Getting a verified logo to appear next to your email has traditionally meant having to work with two separate entities. You have to work with a DMARC partner for setting up DMARC and BIMI, then use a trusted Certificate Authority
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Philip Martin Joins Uber as Chief Information Security Officer 2026-06-26 at 08:13 By SecurityWeek News Martin brings experience from Coinbase, Palantir, Amazon, and the U.S. Army to lead Uber’s cybersecurity and enterprise security organization. The post Philip Martin Joins Uber as Chief Information Security Officer appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from
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CISO Conversations: Carl Froggett – Combining CISO and CIO at Deep Instinct 2026-06-23 at 15:50 By Kevin Townsend Carl Froggett combines CISO and CIO. He currently occupies both positions at Deep Instinct. Before then, he was CISO at Citi for almost 17 years. The post CISO Conversations: Carl Froggett – Combining CISO and CIO at
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Who pays when you gate cyber-capable AI models? 2026-06-22 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Jaya Baloo, COO & CISO at Aisle, examines the debate over restricting access to cyber-capable AI models. She lays out the strongest argument for gating these tools, then explains where it breaks down for
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