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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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What your vendor says about PQC tells you if they are ready

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What your vendor says about PQC tells you if they are ready 2026-09-01 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Dr. Yaakov Stein, VP CTO of Allot, discusses what post-quantum readiness looks like inside a mobile network. The discussion covers which operator traffic stays sensitive for years, including subscriber identity […]

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What vulnerability prioritization looks like when KEV, EPSS, and CVSS disagree

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What vulnerability prioritization looks like when KEV, EPSS, and CVSS disagree 2026-08-31 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Joye Purser, Global Field CISO at Cohesity, explains how to rank vulnerabilities when KEV, EPSS, and CVSS point in different directions. Active exploitation comes first, then exploit likelihood, then technical severity, […]

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What 90 days and a small budget can buy in AI agent security

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What 90 days and a small budget can buy in AI agent security 2026-08-28 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Prasad Tharippala, Field CISO at Versa, explains what organizations miss when they run open-weight models in house. He covers the hidden costs of GPU infrastructure, licensing review and staffing, […]

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Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone

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Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone 2026-08-26 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the alternatives are good enough now. She explains how her team caught […]

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AI supply chain risk is showing up in developer workflows first

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AI supply chain risk is showing up in developer workflows first 2026-08-25 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Dr. Jaushin Lee, CEO of Zentera Systems, discusses where AI supply chain risk shows up. He says most incidents still hit developer workflows and open-source package repositories, while poisoned model weights and […]

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The cybercrime supply chain has five stages, each with a price

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The cybercrime supply chain has five stages, each with a price 2026-08-25 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Chris Nyhuis, CEO at Vigilant, explains why the picture of a lone ransomware attacker is about 15 years out of date. He walks through the cybercrime supply chain and the five […]

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Four corporate investigation mistakes organizations make under pressure

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Four corporate investigation mistakes organizations make under pressure 2026-08-13 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Christine Gadsby, VP and Chief Security Advisor at BlackBerry, explains why corporate investigations go wrong before the forensic team arrives. The first hours matter more than leaders assume. Access gets granted, conversations start, and […]

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Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key

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Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key 2026-08-12 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus, discusses what cryptographic inventories turn up in banks and hospitals, including default passwords and admin keys still held by former employees. He explains where post-quantum key sizes break […]

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Digital executive protection is a strategic imperative for CEOs

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Digital executive protection is a strategic imperative for CEOs 2026-08-04 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Brian Hill, Field CISO, Client Advisory for BlackCloak, explains how attackers reach companies through the personal lives of executives. He describes a case where a draft report sat in an executive’s personal email […]

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Aviation cyber risk sits on the ground, the blindness sits in the air

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Aviation cyber risk sits on the ground, the blindness sits in the air 2026-07-31 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Eliran Almong, CEO of Cyviation, explains why airline cyber losses happen on the ground while the aircraft stays unmonitored. He walks through GNSS jamming that leaves no trace in […]

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced

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The energy sector’s OT cybersecurity talent is retiring faster than it can be replaced 2026-07-29 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz A ransomware hit lands a chemical plant in a safe state. Nobody is hurt, the site holds steady, and the operators begin the restart. The systems stay down. Every attempt to bring them online meets […]

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Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone

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Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone 2026-07-28 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Brandy Wityak, VP of Complex Matters at LevelBlue, explains what happens in the hours after a shadow AI incident. She describes how quickly logs roll over, why firewall records of outbound […]

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Multi-patch vulnerability fixes can leave open source exposed

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Multi-patch vulnerability fixes can leave open source exposed 2026-07-23 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz Vulnerability management runs on a shorthand. A CVE shows a linked patch, someone applies it, and the ticket moves to closed. That shorthand covers most open source fixes. A share work in a different way, arriving as a run of two […]

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Building a defense in depth strategy for sensitive data

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Building a defense in depth strategy for sensitive data 2026-07-23 at 07:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Venkata Pavan Kumar Gummadi, Professional Software Engineer at Broadridge, explains how to build a defense in depth strategy for protecting sensitive data. He argues that a single control, like encrypting a disk or […]

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The air gap is a myth and other OT security truths

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The air gap is a myth and other OT security truths 2026-07-21 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Benjamin Bachmann, Director Group Information Security at Bilfinger, speaks with Help Net Security about defending industrial plants. He explains why attackers want to control operations instead of stealing data, and why the air gap is mostly a myth. […]

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More alerts are making your team slower, and an outcome-based SOC fixes that

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More alerts are making your team slower, and an outcome-based SOC fixes that 2026-07-20 at 08:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Thom Langford, EMEA CTO, Rapid7, explains why piling on more security alerts makes a SOC slower to respond. Attackers log in with stolen credentials and use trusted tools like […]

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The five step plan that cuts security budget waste

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The five step plan that cuts security budget waste 2026-07-17 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Viktor Bulanek, CTO of Penetrify, explains where security budget waste comes from. Budgets get built around vendor categories, compliance checkboxes, and last year’s headlines. Attackers work along attack paths, and that mismatch is […]

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Reading between the lines of a cyber insurance policy

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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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Why SBOMs, signing, and provenance still don’t tell you if software is safe

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Why SBOMs, signing, and provenance still don’t tell you if software is safe 2026-07-13 at 09:30 By Help Net Security We have made real progress in software supply chain security, improving visibility into software components, authenticity and build integrity. Much of this progress traces back to Executive Order 14028, which pushed agencies, contractors and enterprises […]

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