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National Life Group CISO expects more vulnerabilities in six months than in thirty years

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National Life Group CISO expects more vulnerabilities in six months than in thirty years 2026-09-02 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Becky Palmer is VP and CISO at National Life Group, answers five questions about defending against AI-driven attacks. The discussion covers why patch cycles built for human speed cannot […]

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AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet

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AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet 2026-08-24 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec AWS Network Firewall’s rule hit count capability gives security teams visibility into which stateful firewall rules are matching traffic, helping them identify unused or redundant rules and validate whether security controls are working as intended. The capability

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OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks

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OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks 2026-08-19 at 11:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed research environments and expanded monitoring. “Our largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold while

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Google’s $10,000 refund test shows why AI agents need zero trust

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Google’s $10,000 refund test shows why AI agents need zero trust 2026-08-18 at 14:49 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google’s open-source autonomous Customer Support & Returns Agent, built using the Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini, demonstrates how developers can apply zero-trust security principles to AI agents that interact with sensitive systems and take real-world actions. The

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99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched

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99.9% of fixable AI vulnerabilities remain unpatched 2026-07-13 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Organizations build, deploy, and operate AI in the cloud, but basic cybersecurity hygiene is often sacrificed for speed, according to Orca Security’s 2026 State of AI Security Report. Building AI without security Fifty-six percent of AI adopters have deployed agent frameworks into

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Spotless compliance evidence can still hide a broken control

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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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Only 11% of production agents pass the AI agent security bar

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Only 11% of production agents pass the AI agent security bar 2026-06-03 at 14:00 By Mirko Zorz Enterprise teams are running AI agents that write code, drive browsers, answer customer calls, manage cloud infrastructure, and query data warehouses with standing credentials. A new independent assessment of 100 production agents finds that nearly all of them

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Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook

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Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook 2026-04-22 at 10:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for

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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract

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What managing partners should ask AI vendors before signing any contract 2026-04-08 at 09:28 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kumar Ravi is the Chief Security & Resilience Officer at TMF Group, argues that over-privileged access and weak workflow controls pose more danger than ransomware attacks, precisely because they accumulate quietly and

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The internet’s oldest trust mechanism is still one of its weakest links

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The internet’s oldest trust mechanism is still one of its weakest links 2026-01-22 at 07:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Attackers continue to rely on domain names as an entry point into enterprise systems. A CSC domain security study finds that large organizations leave this part of their attack surface underprotected, even as attacks become more frequent.

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience

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Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CISO and CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses how messaging platforms have become critical infrastructure during crises and conflicts. He explains how it influences cybersecurity priorities, from encryption and abuse prevention

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Gen AI data violations more than double

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Gen AI data violations more than double 2026-01-07 at 08:32 By Sinisa Markovic Security teams track activity that moves well beyond traditional SaaS platforms, with employees interacting daily with generative AI tools, personal cloud services, and automated systems that exchange data without direct human input. These patterns shape how sensitive information moves across corporate environments

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AI security risks are also cultural and developmental

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AI security risks are also cultural and developmental 2026-01-05 at 08:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams spend much of their time tracking vulnerabilities, abuse patterns, and system failures. A new study argues that many AI risks sit deeper than technical flaws. Cultural assumptions, uneven development, and data gaps shape how AI systems behave, where they

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What shadow AI means for SaaS security and integrations

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What shadow AI means for SaaS security and integrations 2026-01-02 at 08:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jaime Blasco, CTO at Nudge Security, discusses why shadow AI matters to security teams. He describes how AI adoption happens in two ways, through company led programs and through employees choosing tools on

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Automation forces a reset in security strategy

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Automation forces a reset in security strategy 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Enterprise security teams are working under the assumption that disruption is constant. A global study by Trellix shows that resilience has moved from a long term goal to a structural requirement for CISOs. Infrastructure design, operational integration, and the use of AI

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Creative cybersecurity strategies for resource-constrained institutions

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Creative cybersecurity strategies for resource-constrained institutions 2025-12-02 at 09:33 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dennis Pickett, CISO at RTI International, talks about how research institutions can approach cybersecurity with limited resources and still build resilience. He discusses the tension between open research and the need to protect sensitive information, noting that

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Treating MCP like an API creates security blind spots

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Treating MCP like an API creates security blind spots 2025-12-01 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Yaroshefsky, CEO at MCP Manager, discusses how Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) trust model creates security gaps that many teams overlook and why MCP must not be treated like a standard API. He explains how

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What insurers really look at in your identity controls

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What insurers really look at in your identity controls 2025-11-21 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Insurers judge organizations by the strength of their identity controls and by how consistently those controls are applied, according to a new Delinea report. CISOs are entering a market that rewards maturity and penalizes gaps that once passed without scrutiny.

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Agentic AI puts defenders on a tighter timeline to adapt

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Agentic AI puts defenders on a tighter timeline to adapt 2025-11-18 at 08:44 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams know that attackers rarely wait for defenders to be ready. The latest AI Maturity in Cybersecurity Report from Arkose Labs shows how quickly the threat landscape is shifting and how slowly organizations can respond in comparison. Attackers

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The next tech divide is written in AI diffusion

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The next tech divide is written in AI diffusion 2025-11-17 at 07:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is spreading faster than any major technology in history, according to a Microsoft report. More than 1.2 billion people have used an AI tool within three years of the first mainstream releases. The growth is fast, but it puts

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