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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Onspring CISO on where automated GRC systems fall short 2026-06-15 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Nichole Windholz, CISO at Onspring, talks about the limits of automated GRC systems and continuous control monitoring. She explains why color-coded dashboards can hide nuance, how teams can check the data feeding their
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How to use NIST and ISO frameworks to govern AI agents 2026-06-12 at 11:07 By Help Net Security Security leaders no longer need convincing that AI agents introduce risk. What’s missing is how to govern them once they move into production and begin operating autonomously across enterprise environments. AI agents already read sensitive documents, invoke
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Threat actors are recruiting the people who hold cloud logins 2026-06-11 at 11:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Companies keep most of their data and applications in cloud platforms that anyone can reach with the right login. That setup turns each employee holding those credentials into a security variable, and members of the cybercrime underground have built
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Cyber resilience metrics that drive action 2026-06-10 at 09:55 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Pete Bowers, COO at NormCyber, explains how organizations can build a cyber resilience metrics program that supports better decisions. He questions common ways of measuring resilience, such as risk registers, tool scores, and annual tests, and
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The architecture of subtraction: Why it’s time to erase the roads, not just map the traffic 2026-06-09 at 09:42 By Help Net Security The advent of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and autonomous exploit development has brought about a new age in cybersecurity—one in which we can no longer rely on patching as a primary defense mechanism.
Treating AI agents like service accounts for federated query security 2026-06-09 at 08:46 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Paras Malhotra, CISO at Starburst, explains how the company handles data governance across federated query environments. Topics include layering Starburst’s access controls above native source permissions, tiering vendor risk across more than
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AI agent governance gets harder when agents outnumber your people 2026-06-05 at 09:24 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Amit Gautam, CTO at Abluva, explains the security risks that autonomous AI agents bring into enterprise environments. He opens with a real case: a reconciliation agent at a financial services firm had
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Spotless compliance evidence can still hide a broken control 2026-06-04 at 09:26 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Marc Rubbinaccio, Head of Cybersecurity and Compliance at Secureframe, explains where security teams go wrong when preparing for CMMC and FedRAMP 20x. The conversation covers how organizations check the 110 requirements but miss
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What CISOs need to do about post-quantum migration in the next 24 months 2026-06-03 at 07:40 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Garfield Jones, SVP Global Strategy and Research, QuSecure, lays out what CISOs should do over the next 24 months. A recent Google paper moved the expected arrival of a
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Zero trust physical security needs trust decisions at the edge 2026-06-02 at 09:09 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Chuck Davis, VP, Global Information Security at Hikvision, explains how zero trust applies to physical security systems like cameras and door controllers. He breaks down how to make trust decisions at the
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Data discovery gaps that catch enterprises off guard 2026-06-01 at 11:46 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Avani Desai, CEO at Schellman, talks about the gap between what organizations think they know about their data and what discovery scans turn up. She shares stories of shadow data in abandoned cloud storage,
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EU organizations buckle under rising compliance pressure 2026-06-01 at 08:19 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity governance in the EU is shifting under expanding frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA, while AI raises new questions for security teams. What the future brings is hard to predict, and organizations must find a way to cope. Antonija Vojnović, Governance,
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