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AI threats and workforce shortages put pressure on security leaders
In this Help Net Security video, John Grancarich, Fortra’s Chief Strategy Officer, discusses the 2025 Fortra State of Cybersecurity Survey and highlights escalating …

New infosec products of the week: March 7, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Outpost24, Palo Alto Networks, Red Canary, and Sonatype. Outpost24 introduces …

How to prevent data leakage in collaboration tools like Slack and Teams
In recent years, collaboration tools have become an absolute necessity for remote and hybrid work. This primarily increased during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the …

The CISO’s bookshelf: 10 must-reads for security leaders
Discover essential reads for CISOs in this curated list of books covering cybersecurity leadership, risk management, zero trust, board communication, and more. Why CISOs Fail, …

89% of enterprise AI usage is invisible to the organization
Organizations have zero visibility into 89% of AI usage, despite security policies according to a LayerX report. 71% of connections to GenAI tools are done using personal …

The 5 stages of incident response grief
Whether we recognize it or not, anytime an incident occurs, it sets off the grieving process. But grief isn’t a bad thing: it’s how we process our emotional reactions and move …

Fix Inventory: Open-source cloud asset inventory tool
Fix Inventory is an open-source tool for detecting compliance and security risks in cloud infrastructure accounts. It was built from the ground up for cloud-native …

Scammers take over social media
In Q4 2024, cyber threats reached unprecedented levels, with 2.55 billion attacks blocked, equating to 321 threats every second. In this Help Net Security video, Luis Corrons, …

Prioritizing data and identity security in 2025
To say that the cybersecurity landscape has grown more complex over the past several years would be a dramatic understatement. Attackers have more resources at their …

eBook: What does it take to be a full-fledged virtual CISO?
Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services are in high demand. Even though it is clear to all that this trend is growing, most service providers only offer a …

Why a push for encryption backdoors is a global security risk
Governments in the UK, US, and Europe are pressuring tech companies to weaken encryption in the name of security. The latest push from the UK government demanding Apple create …

Online crime-as-a-service skyrockets with 24,000 users selling attack tools
The growth of AI-based technology has introduced new challenges, making remote identity verification systems more vulnerable to attacks, according to iProov. Innovative and …
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