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How Kim Crawley challenges big tech in “Digital Safety in a Dangerous World”

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How Kim Crawley challenges big tech in “Digital Safety in a Dangerous World” 2025-05-15 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kim Crawley, cybersecurity expert and Professor at the Open Institute of Technology, discusses her upcoming book Digital Safety in a Dangerous World, which will feature her expert advice, as well […]

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Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry

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Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry 2025-05-14 at 08:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Carrie Mills, VP and CISO, Southwest Airlines talks about the cybersecurity challenges facing the aviation industry. She explains how being part of critical infrastructure, a major consumer brand, and an airline each

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Insider risk management needs a human strategy

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Insider risk management needs a human strategy 2025-05-14 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Insider risk is not just about bad actors. Most of the time, it’s about mistakes. Someone sends a sensitive file to the wrong address, or uploads a document to their personal cloud to work from home. In many cases, there is no

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CISOs must speak business to earn executive trust

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CISOs must speak business to earn executive trust 2025-05-13 at 09:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Pritesh Parekh, VP, CISO at PagerDuty talks about how CISOs can change perceptions of their role, build influence across the organization, communicate risk in business terms, and use automation to support business goals. What do

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AI vs AI: How cybersecurity pros can use criminals’ tools against them

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AI vs AI: How cybersecurity pros can use criminals’ tools against them 2025-05-13 at 09:01 By Help Net Security For a while now, AI has played a part in cybersecurity. Now, agentic AI is taking center stage. Based on pre-programmed plans and objectives, agentic AI can make choices which optimize results without a need for

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Breaking down silos in cybersecurity

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Breaking down silos in cybersecurity 2025-05-13 at 08:34 By Help Net Security All organizations erect silos – silos between groups and departments, across functions and among technologies. Silos represent differences in practices, culture and operations. Their presence inhibits communication and collaboration. As companies scale from startup to mid-sized and beyond, silos multiply and ossify. As

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Review: Resilient Cybersecurity

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Review: Resilient Cybersecurity 2025-05-13 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Resilient Cybersecurity touches on nearly every major function of enterprise cybersecurity, from threat detection and identity management to vendor risk and regulatory compliance. About the author Mark Dunkerley is a cybersecurity and technology leader with over 20 years of experience working in higher education, healthcare and

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Why security teams cannot rely solely on AI guardrails

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Why security teams cannot rely solely on AI guardrails 2025-05-12 at 09:19 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Peter Garraghan, CEO of Mindgard, discusses their research around vulnerabilities in the guardrails used to protect large AI models. The findings highlight how even billion-dollar LLMs can be bypassed using surprisingly simple techniques,

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How agentic AI and non-human identities are transforming cybersecurity

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How agentic AI and non-human identities are transforming cybersecurity 2025-05-08 at 09:03 By Help Net Security Within the average enterprise, non-human identities (NHIs) now outnumber employees, contractors, and customers by anything between 10-to-1 and 92-to-1. Add to this the fragmentation of human identity management resulting from authorizing a single person’s access to multiple on-premises, cloud

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Even the best safeguards can’t stop LLMs from being fooled

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Even the best safeguards can’t stop LLMs from being fooled 2025-05-08 at 08:48 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Pound, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham shares his insights on the cybersecurity risks associated with LLMs. He discusses common organizational mistakes and the necessary precautions for securing sensitive data when

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Rethinking AppSec: How DevOps, containers, and serverless are changing the rules

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Rethinking AppSec: How DevOps, containers, and serverless are changing the rules 2025-05-07 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz Application security is changing fast. In this Help Net Security interview, Loris Gutic, Global CISO at Bright, talks about what it takes to keep up. Gutic explains how DevOps, containers, and serverless tools are shaping security, and shares

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What a future without CVEs means for cyber defense

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What a future without CVEs means for cyber defense 2025-05-06 at 11:31 By Help Net Security The importance of the MITRE-run Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program shouldn’t be understated. For 25 years, it has acted as the point of reference for cybersecurity professionals to understand and mitigate security flaws. By providing a standardized method

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What it really takes to build a resilient cyber program

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What it really takes to build a resilient cyber program 2025-05-06 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dylan Owen, CISO at Nightwing, talks about what it really takes to build an effective defense: choosing the right frameworks, setting up processes, and getting everyone on the same page. Drawing on both

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How CISOs can talk cybersecurity so it makes sense to executives

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How CISOs can talk cybersecurity so it makes sense to executives 2025-05-05 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz CISOs know cyber risk is business risk. Boards don’t always see it that way.​ For years, CISOs have struggled to get boards to understand security beyond buzzwords. Many feel they’re either ignored or misunderstood. But with threats growing

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How OSINT supports financial crime investigations

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How OSINT supports financial crime investigations 2025-05-05 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stuart Clarke, CEO at Blackdot Solutions, discusses the strategic use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in tackling financial crime. He outlines its application in areas such as fraud, sanctions evasion, and money laundering, and addresses the legal, ethical,

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Why SMEs can no longer afford to ignore cyber risk

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Why SMEs can no longer afford to ignore cyber risk 2025-05-01 at 09:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Steven Furnell, Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Nottingham, illustrates how small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) must reassess their risk exposure and prioritize resilience to safeguard their long-term growth and stability.

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Preparing for the next wave of machine identity growth

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Preparing for the next wave of machine identity growth 2025-05-01 at 09:21 By Mirko Zorz Machine identities are multiplying fast, and many organizations are struggling to keep up. In this Help Net Security interview, Wendy Wu, CMO at SailPoint, explains why machine identity security matters, where most companies go wrong, how automation can help, and

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Eyes, ears, and now arms: IoT is alive

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Eyes, ears, and now arms: IoT is alive 2025-04-29 at 09:36 By Help Net Security I’ve never quite seen anything like this in my two decades of working in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. In just a few years, devices at home and work started including cameras to see and microphones to hear. Now,

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Want faster products and stronger trust? Build security in, not bolt it on

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Want faster products and stronger trust? Build security in, not bolt it on 2025-04-29 at 08:42 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Kennedy, CISO at Group 1001, discusses how cybersecurity initiatives are reshaping enterprise cybersecurity strategy. He explains why security must be embedded across IT, business lines, and product development, how

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm 2025-04-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Security teams are drowning in alerts. The sheer volume of threats, suspicious activity, and false positives makes it nearly impossible for analysts to investigate everything effectively. Enter agentic AI, capable of completing hundreds of tasks simultaneously

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