The CISO selling confidence in a market full of breach headlines 2026-05-28 at 10:16 By Mirko Zorz Engineering teams across enterprise IT are writing their own software with AI coding assistants, spinning up agents that act on their behalf, and assigning those agents the same access privileges their human creators hold. The shift has pulled […]
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CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets 2026-04-06 at 09:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady environment where budgets expand in small steps, even as AI becomes a routine part of security
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Why your phishing simulations aren’t building a security culture 2026-03-25 at 08:07 By Help Net Security Security culture isn’t built by phishing simulations. In this Help Net Security video, Dan Potter, VP of Cyber Resilience at Immersive, argues that annual training videos and quarterly phishing tests happen in calm, controlled settings that tell us nothing
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Cybersecurity professionals are burning out on extra hours every week 2026-03-04 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity professionals in the U.S. are working an average of 10.8 extra hours per week beyond their contracted schedules, according to survey data collected from 300 cybersecurity and IT leaders by Sapio Research. That figure effectively adds a sixth
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UK reduces cyberattack fix times from two months to eight days 2026-03-02 at 13:19 By Anamarija Pogorelec The UK government has launched a new vulnerability monitoring service (VMS) that promises to reduce the time needed to fix critical cyber weaknesses across the public sector. Scanning government systems for critical cyber flaws The service, launched as
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Review: Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition 2026-02-26 at 08:01 By Mirko Zorz Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition presents a structured survey of the digital forensics discipline. The book spans foundational principles, platform specific analysis, specialized branches, and incident response integration. About the author Chuck Easttom has many years of practical experience
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Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline 2026-01-26 at 12:12 By Zeljka Zorz The technology workforce is changing, and military veterans are increasingly being recognized as one of the industry’s most valuable and dependable talent pools. In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Cortez, Vice President of Military Affairs at Microsoft and longtime leader of the Microsoft
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Teaching cybersecurity by letting students break things 2026-01-13 at 09:01 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity students show higher engagement when the work feels tangible. A new study from Airbus Cybersecurity and Dauphine University describes what happens when courses move beyond lectures and place students inside structured hacking scenarios, social engineering exercises, and competitive games. From theory
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Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world immersion 2025-12-22 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Chrisma Jackson, Director of Cybersecurity & Mission Computing Center and CISO at Sandia National Laboratories, reflects on where the cyber talent pipeline breaks down and what it takes to fix it. She discusses skill
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Top 10 fastest growing ICT jobs 2025-09-29 at 08:04 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is reshaping the workforce in ways that security leaders cannot ignore. The AI Workforce Consortium’s new report, ICT in Motion: The Next Wave of AI Integration, provides a look at how AI is changing job roles and skills across G7 economies. The
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How gaming experience can help with a cybersecurity career 2025-09-03 at 08:41 By Sinisa Markovic Many people might not think that playing video games could help build a career in cybersecurity. Yet the skills gained through gaming, even if they don’t seem relevant at first, can be useful in the field. An overlooked pool of
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Review: Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies 2025-08-25 at 07:50 By Mirko Zorz Adversarial AI Attacks, Mitigations, and Defense Strategies shows how AI systems can be attacked and how defenders can prepare. It’s essentially a walkthrough of offensive and defensive approaches to AI security. About the author John Sotiropoulos is the Head Of AI
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What happens when penetration testing goes virtual and gets an AI coach 2025-08-19 at 09:32 By Mirko Zorz Cybersecurity training often struggles to match the complexity of threats. A new approach combining digital twins and LLMs aims to close that gap. Researchers from the University of Bari Aldo Moro propose using Cyber Digital Twins (CDTs)
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Review: Data Engineering for Cybersecurity 2025-08-18 at 08:12 By Mirko Zorz Data Engineering for Cybersecurity sets out to bridge a gap many security teams encounter: knowing what to do with the flood of logs, events, and telemetry they collect. About the author James Bonifield has a decade of experience analyzing malicious activity, implementing data pipelines,
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How military leadership prepares veterans for cybersecurity success 2025-08-15 at 09:47 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Warren O’Driscoll, Head of Security Practice at NTT DATA UK and Ireland, discusses how military leadership training equips veterans with the mindset, resilience, and strategic thinking needed to excel in cybersecurity. Drawing on habits such
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Free courses: Master AI tools from Microsoft, AWS, and Google 2025-08-14 at 07:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Learn how AI technologies can be applied to enhance security, create safe and responsible applications, develop intelligent agents, and improve information discovery. You’ll gain practical skills, explore new tools, and work on projects that help you apply what you
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Review: From Day Zero to Zero Day 2025-08-11 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz From Day Zero to Zero Day is a practical guide for cybersecurity pros who want to move beyond reading about vulnerabilities and start finding them. It gives a methodical look at how real vulnerability research is done. About the author Eugene Lim
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Review: CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Practice Tests 2025-08-01 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Practice Tests offers practical, domain-by-domain prep for the CISA exam, with hundreds of questions covering key objectives and real-world systems audit skills. About the authors Peter H. Gregory is a best-selling cybersecurity author, educator, keynote speaker,
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Review: LLM Engineer’s Handbook 2025-07-28 at 07:34 By Mirko Zorz For all the excitement around LLMs, practical, engineering-focused guidance remains surprisingly hard to find. LLM Engineer’s Handbook aims to fill that gap. About the authors Paul Iusztin is a Senior AI Engineer and founder of Decoding ML, a channel for content on learning how to
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Why outsourcing cybersecurity is rising in the Adriatic region 2025-07-24 at 11:57 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aleksandar Stančin, Board Member Adriatics, Exclusive Networks, discusses the state of cybersecurity in the Adriatic region. He talks about how local markets often lag behind EU regulations, despite facing threats comparable to those in
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