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From posture to prioritization: The shift toward unified runtime platforms

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From posture to prioritization: The shift toward unified runtime platforms 2025-06-25 at 08:49 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rinki Sethi, Chief Security Officer at Upwind, discusses how runtime platforms help CISOs shift from managing tools to managing risk. She encourages CISOs to position runtime as a practical layer for real-time risk […]

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Why should companies or organizations convert to FIDO security keys?

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Why should companies or organizations convert to FIDO security keys? 2025-06-25 at 08:09 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Alexander Summerer, Head of Authentication at Swissbit, explains how FIDO security keys work, what threats they address, and why they’re gaining traction across industries, from healthcare to critical infrastructure. He also shares insights

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Why work-life balance in cybersecurity must start with executive support

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Why work-life balance in cybersecurity must start with executive support 2025-06-24 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stacy Wallace, CISO at Arizona Department of Revenue, talks about the realities of work-life balance in cybersecurity leadership. She shares how her team handles constant pressure, sets boundaries, and deals with stress. Wallace

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How CISOs can justify security investments in financial terms

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How CISOs can justify security investments in financial terms 2025-06-23 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, John Verry, Managing Director at CBIZ, discusses how insurers and financial risk professionals evaluate cybersecurity maturity through different lenses. He also shows how framing cyber risk in business terms can strengthen investment cases and

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Strategies to secure long-life IoT devices

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Strategies to secure long-life IoT devices 2025-06-20 at 09:07 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rob ter Linden, CISO at Signify, discusses priorities for CISOs working on IoT security, including the need for compliant infrastructure, easy device management, and preparing for future tech like quantum computing and AI. He also covers challenges

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Why AI code assistants need a security reality check

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Why AI code assistants need a security reality check 2025-06-19 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Silviu Asandei, Security Specialist and Security Governance at Sonar, discusses how AI code assistants are transforming development workflows and impacting security. He explains how these tools can boost productivity but may also propagate vulnerabilities

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Hackers love events. Why aren’t more CISOs paying attention?

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Hackers love events. Why aren’t more CISOs paying attention? 2025-06-17 at 09:04 By Mirko Zorz When CISOs think about risk, they usually think about cloud platforms, laptops, and data centers. But live events like conferences, trade shows, product launches, and shareholder meetings bring a different kind of cybersecurity exposure. These events gather people, devices, and

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Before scaling GenAI, map your LLM usage and risk zones

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Before scaling GenAI, map your LLM usage and risk zones 2025-06-17 at 08:46 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Paolo del Mundo, Director of Application and Cloud Security at The Motley Fool, discusses how organizations can scale their AI usage by implementing guardrails to mitigate GenAI-specific risks like prompt injection, insecure outputs,

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Why banks’ tech-first approach leaves governance gaps

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Why banks’ tech-first approach leaves governance gaps 2025-06-16 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Rich Friedberg, CISO at Live Oak Bank, discusses how banks can better align cybersecurity efforts with broader cyber governance and risk priorities. Banking institutions often falter when cybersecurity is siloed as purely a technical or compliance

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Unpacking the security complexity of no-code development platforms

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Unpacking the security complexity of no-code development platforms 2025-06-13 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Amichai Shulman, CTO at Nokod Security, discusses how the abstraction layer in no-code environments complicates security by obscuring data flow, identity propagation, and control logic. Shulman also addresses why vulnerabilities in no-code applications go far

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Identifying high-risk APIs across thousands of code repositories

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Identifying high-risk APIs across thousands of code repositories 2025-06-12 at 16:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO of StackHawk, discusses why API visibility is a major blind spot for security teams, how legacy tools fall short, and how StackHawk identifies risky APIs and sensitive data directly from code before

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Want fewer security fires to fight? Start with threat modeling

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Want fewer security fires to fight? Start with threat modeling 2025-06-12 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz CISOs understand that threat modeling helps teams identify risks early and build safer systems. But outside the security org, the value isn’t always clear. When competing for budget or board attention, threat modeling often loses out to more visible

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The legal questions to ask when your systems go dark

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The legal questions to ask when your systems go dark 2025-06-10 at 09:16 By Mirko Zorz At Span Cyber Security Arena, I sat down with Iva Mišković, Partner at the ISO-certified Mišković & Mišković law firm, to discuss the role of legal teams during cyber incidents. She shared why lawyers should assume the worst, coordinate

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Balancing cybersecurity and client experience for high-net-worth clients

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Balancing cybersecurity and client experience for high-net-worth clients 2025-06-09 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Renana Friedlich-Barsky, EVP and CISO at LPL Financial, discusses how threat actors are targeting high-net-worth clients and exploiting digital touchpoints in wealth management. She explains why firms must embed security from the start to protect

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CISOs, are you ready for cyber threats in biotech?

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CISOs, are you ready for cyber threats in biotech? 2025-06-09 at 08:35 By Mirko Zorz The threat landscape in the bioeconomy is different from what most CISOs are used to. It includes traditional risks like data breaches, but the consequences are more complex. A compromise of genomic databases, for example, does not just expose personal

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity

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Why IAM should be the starting point for AI-driven cybersecurity 2025-06-06 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Benny Porat, CEO at Twine Security, discusses applying AI agents to security decisions. He explains why identity and access management (IAM) is the ideal starting point for both augmentation and automation, and shares

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy

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Agentic AI and the risks of unpredictable autonomy 2025-06-04 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Squeo, CTO for the Americas at Thoughtworks, discusses why traditional security architectures often fail when applied to autonomous AI systems. He explains why conventional threat modeling needs to adapt to address autonomous decision-making and

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world

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Rethinking governance in a decentralized identity world 2025-06-04 at 07:36 By Mirko Zorz Decentralized identity (DID) is gaining traction, and for CISOs, it’s becoming a part of long-term planning around data protection, privacy, and control. As more organizations experiment with verifiable credentials and self-sovereign identity models, a question emerges: Who governs the system when no

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts

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How global collaboration is hitting cybercriminals where it hurts 2025-06-03 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, William Lyne, Deputy Director of UK’s National Crime Agency, discusses the cybercrime ecosystem and the threats it enables. He explains how cybercrime is becoming more accessible and fragmented. Lyne also talks about key trends,

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom

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CISO 3.0: Leading AI governance and security in the boardroom 2025-06-02 at 08:50 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aaron McCray, Field CISO at CDW, discusses how AI is transforming the CISO role from a tactical cybersecurity guardian into a strategic enterprise risk advisor. With AI now embedded across business functions, CISOs

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