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What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity

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What smart factories keep getting wrong about cybersecurity 2026-03-16 at 08:24 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Packsize CSO Troy Rydman breaks down the biggest vulnerabilities in smart factory environments today, from IoT devices and legacy systems to human error. He explains how unmanaged devices, from sensors to robotic components, often go […]

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Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough

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Passwords, MFA, and why neither is enough 2026-03-13 at 07:37 By Help Net Security Passwords weren’t enough, so we added MFA. Now MFA isn’t enough either. In this Help Net Security video, Karlo Zatylny, CTO/CISO at Portnox, walks through why each layer of identity security has failed and what comes next. SMS codes can be

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Stop fixing OT security with IT thinking

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Stop fixing OT security with IT thinking 2026-03-12 at 08:35 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Ejona Preçi, Group CISO at Lindal Group, discusses the specific cybersecurity challenges in manufacturing environments. The conversation covers why standard IT security practices break down on shop floors, where PLCs and decade-old firmware were never designed

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Zero trust, zero buzzwords: Here’s what it means

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Zero trust, zero buzzwords: Here’s what it means 2026-03-11 at 09:21 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Murat Balaban, CEO of Zenarmor, breaks down zero trust and zero trust network access (ZTNA) without the buzzwords. The video covers why this approach matters, including the risk of lateral movement after a breach

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Airbus CSO on supply chain blind spots, space threats, and the limits of AI red-teaming

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Airbus CSO on supply chain blind spots, space threats, and the limits of AI red-teaming 2026-03-10 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Pascal Andrei, CSO at Airbus, knows that the aerospace and defense sector is facing a threat environment that is evolving faster than most organizations can track. From sub-tier suppliers quietly becoming entry points for

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No more soft play, President Trump warns in new cyber strategy

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No more soft play, President Trump warns in new cyber strategy 2026-03-09 at 15:37 By Sinisa Markovic The White House released “President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America,” a policy framework outlining the administration’s priorities for maintaining U.S. leadership in cyberspace. The seven-page cyber strategy commits to a coordinated, government-wide response to cyber threats that extends

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Decoding silence: How deaf and hard-of-hearing pros are breaking into cybersecurity

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Decoding silence: How deaf and hard-of-hearing pros are breaking into cybersecurity 2026-03-09 at 09:01 By Mirko Zorz Stu Hirst was already a CISO when he started to go deaf. It was 2023, and the hearing loss crept in over months, enough for him to adapt, to lean on hearing aids and captions, to quietly reorganize

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US Cyber Strategy Targets Adversaries, Critical Infrastructure, and Emerging Technologies

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US Cyber Strategy Targets Adversaries, Critical Infrastructure, and Emerging Technologies 2026-03-07 at 18:02 By Mike Lennon Trump’s Cyber Strategy calls for stronger deterrence against cyber adversaries, modernization of federal networks, protection of critical infrastructure, and investment in technologies such as AI and post-quantum cryptography. The post US Cyber Strategy Targets Adversaries, Critical Infrastructure, and Emerging

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Western governments lay the groundwork for secure 6G networks

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Western governments lay the groundwork for secure 6G networks 2026-03-06 at 08:02 By Sinisa Markovic Governments are preparing for 6G, the next generation of mobile networks, placing security and resilience among their top priorities. In response, seven countries participating in the Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT) have introduced a set of 6G Security and Resilience

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Review: Digital Forensics, Investigation, and Response, 5th Edition

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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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United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

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United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable 2026-02-09 at 09:09 By Mirko Zorz Aviation runs on complex digital systems built for stability, safety, and long lifecycles. That reality creates a unique cybersecurity challenge for airlines, where disruption can quickly become an operational and public trust crisis. In this Help Net Security interview,

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Cybersecurity planning keeps moving toward whole-of-society models

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Cybersecurity planning keeps moving toward whole-of-society models 2026-02-05 at 09:11 By Sinisa Markovic National governments already run cybersecurity through a mix of ministries, regulators, law enforcement, and private operators that own most critical systems. In that environment, guidance circulating among policymakers outlines how national cybersecurity strategies increasingly tie together risk management, workforce planning, technology standards,

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Where NSA zero trust guidance aligns with enterprise reality

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Where NSA zero trust guidance aligns with enterprise reality 2026-02-02 at 09:10 By Sinisa Markovic The NSA has published Phase One and Phase Two of its Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines, providing structured guidance for organizations working to implement zero trust cybersecurity practices. The documents are part of a larger series designed to support adoption of

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A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs

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A practical take on cyber resilience for CISOs 2026-01-29 at 08:06 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Shebani Baweja, CISO for Consumer, Private, Wealth & Business Banking at Standard Chartered, explains how security leaders should think about cyber resilience. She outlines why preparation for extreme events matters as much as day

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When open science meets real-world cybersecurity

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When open science meets real-world cybersecurity 2026-01-27 at 09:44 By Mirko Zorz Scientific research environments are built for openness and collaboration, often prioritizing long-term discovery over traditional enterprise security. In this Help Net Security interview, Matthew Kwiatkowski, CISO at Fermilab, America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory, discusses where cybersecurity blind spots emerge, why availability can

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Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline

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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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Incident response lessons learned the hard way

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Incident response lessons learned the hard way 2026-01-26 at 07:36 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Seymour, VP, Consulting and Education at ConnectSecure, shares lessons from more than two decades in cybersecurity incident response. He explains why many response failures are set in motion long before an attack begins. The

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A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest

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A new framework helps banks sort urgent post-quantum crypto work from the rest 2026-01-22 at 04:57 By Sinisa Markovic Financial institutions now have a concrete method for deciding where post-quantum cryptography belongs on their security roadmaps. New research coordinated by Europol sets out a scoring framework that helps banks rank systems and business use cases

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Global tensions are pushing cyber activity toward dangerous territory

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Global tensions are pushing cyber activity toward dangerous territory 2026-01-19 at 09:48 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity is inseparable from geopolitics. Ongoing conflicts, sanctions, trade wars, geoeconomic rivalry, and technological competition have pushed state competition into cyberspace. States use cyber operations to exert pressure on rivals, enabling disruption without resorting to conventional weapons. Infrastructure vulnerabilities in

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As AI raises the stakes, app modernization and security are becoming inseparable

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As AI raises the stakes, app modernization and security are becoming inseparable 2026-01-16 at 08:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security leaders are under pressure to support AI programs that move from pilots into production. New Cloudflare research suggests that success depends less on experimentation and more on disciplined application modernization tied closely to security strategy. The

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