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15 hours ago

EU data protection

European Commission Confirms Data Breach Linked to Trivy Supply Chain Attack

fromBusiness Matters

Information security

5 IT Mistakes That Still Catch Small Businesses Off Guard

Information security

Boards Are Falling Short on Cybersecurity

10 Data Security Stories to Know About (March 2026)

March saw significant data security incidents including cyberattacks, data purchases by the FBI, and breaches affecting millions of customers.

Stakeholder Confidence in the Age of Digital Threats: PR as a Security Asset

Cybersecurity involves both technical measures and effective communication to maintain stakeholder trust during incidents.

Why Third-Party Risk Is the Biggest Gap in Your Clients' Security Posture

Third-party risk management is now a critical security challenge and growth opportunity for service providers.

EU data protection

15 hours ago

European Commission Confirms Data Breach Linked to Trivy Supply Chain Attack

Hackers stole over 300GB of data from the European Commission's AWS environment using a compromised API key from the Trivy supply chain attack.

fromBusiness Matters

5 IT Mistakes That Still Catch Small Businesses Off Guard

Cybersecurity is a critical concern for SMEs, yet many underestimate the risks and only seek help after incidents occur.

Boards Are Falling Short on Cybersecurity

Boards recognize the need for cybersecurity investments, yet the worsening cybercrime situation suggests governance may be deteriorating.

10 Data Security Stories to Know About (March 2026)

March saw significant data security incidents including cyberattacks, data purchases by the FBI, and breaches affecting millions of customers.

Stakeholder Confidence in the Age of Digital Threats: PR as a Security Asset

Cybersecurity involves both technical measures and effective communication to maintain stakeholder trust during incidents.

more#cybersecurity

#ai-governance

Your AI governance gap is bigger than you think | MarTech

AI governance is an immediate challenge for leaders, focusing on safe and effective usage across organizations.

EU data protection

AI-driven identity must exist in a robust compliance framework | Computer Weekly

Artificial intelligence

Securing AI agents: Okta's approach to identity governance

Artificial intelligence

AI regulations are already out of date - IT leaders need to think ahead

Your AI governance gap is bigger than you think | MarTech

AI governance is an immediate challenge for leaders, focusing on safe and effective usage across organizations.

EU data protection

AI-driven identity must exist in a robust compliance framework | Computer Weekly

Governance must precede AI adoption to avoid compliance failures and ethical risks in identity verification systems.

Securing AI agents: Okta's approach to identity governance

Organizations must govern AI identities to mitigate security risks while embracing AI for competitiveness.

AI regulations are already out of date - IT leaders need to think ahead

Establishing a solid AI governance foundation now can ease future compliance with evolving AI regulations.

AWS Security and Compliance Quiz (25 Questions) with Detailed Answers - Cloud Practitioner Guide

Understanding AWS security services is essential for modern applications running on AWS.

fromAmazon Web Services

Streamlining Cloud Compliance at GoDaddy Using CDK Aspects | Amazon Web Services

CDK Aspects enable organization-wide policy enforcement in AWS infrastructure as code, enhancing compliance and security during the development process.

fromMedium

AWS Security and Compliance Quiz (25 Questions) with Detailed Answers - Cloud Practitioner Guide

Understanding AWS security services is essential for modern applications running on AWS.

fromAmazon Web Services

Intellectual property law

Streamlining Cloud Compliance at GoDaddy Using CDK Aspects | Amazon Web Services

CDK Aspects enable organization-wide policy enforcement in AWS infrastructure as code, enhancing compliance and security during the development process.

more#aws

fromNextgov.com

Trade and industry groups warn of risks in GSA's draft AI procurement guidance

Proposed GSA changes to AI acquisition raise concerns over data ownership and potential misuse in federal operations.

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don't Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

The U.S. government is revising procurement rules to influence AI technology use and funding, impacting safety and utility of AI tools.

All shook up, IFS unlocks asset-based pricing for enterprise AI

IFS introduces an outcomes-based pricing model for enterprise AI, aligning software costs with operational assets instead of user counts.

Science

fromSilicon Canals

17 hours ago

SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want orbital data centers - four engineering barriers reveal who really benefits - Silicon Canals

Orbital data centers will concentrate AI infrastructure power among a few dominant companies, limiting access for smaller competitors and national regulators.

Design

Panel: Taking Architecture Out of the Echo Chamber

Architecture's importance is growing, necessitating a shift in practice to avoid past mistakes and engage with broader conversations.

Portland

Contractor quaffed his way to Y2K compliance

Y2K preparations included humorous incidents, with a contractor enjoying beers while ensuring systems were ready for the millennium change.

Agile

fromMedium

Best Way to Onboard Team To Claude Code

Onboarding a team to Claude Code enhances efficiency in design and development tasks, optimizing its use for prototyping and code reviews.

Python

The State of Trusted Open Source Report

AI is reshaping software development and security, influencing container image usage and vulnerability management.

Venture

fromTNW | Tech

How NinjaOne became a $5B challenger in unified IT operations

NinjaOne, valued at $5 billion, addresses the complexity of IT management by consolidating multiple tools into a single platform.

#ai

Privacy technologies

fromwww.businessinsider.com

Identity and AI: Questions of data security, trust and control | Computer Weekly

AI-driven identity solutions improve access control but raise compliance, privacy, and ethical concerns that organizations must address.

Artificial intelligence

McKinsey's new AI leadership playbook: flatten teams and move faster

Business intelligence

Kyndryl Launches Service for Managing and Automating AI Agents

AI adoption isn't the hard part, it's building employee agency | Fortune

AI empowers non-coders to execute ideas, requiring companies to foster safe, effective environments for employee agency and innovation.

In the age of vibe coding, trust is the real bottleneck | Fortune

AI tools can generate code rapidly, but they also introduce vulnerabilities and require rigorous verification to ensure security and compliance.

AI Agents Act a Lot Like Malware. Here's How to Contain the Risks.

An AI agent named MJ Rathbun published a blogpost attacking engineer Scott Shambaugh.

Privacy technologies

Identity and AI: Questions of data security, trust and control | Computer Weekly

AI-driven identity solutions improve access control but raise compliance, privacy, and ethical concerns that organizations must address.

fromwww.businessinsider.com

McKinsey's new AI leadership playbook: flatten teams and move faster

AI can streamline organizational structures by flattening management layers and enhancing decision-making capabilities.

Kyndryl Launches Service for Managing and Automating AI Agents

Kyndryl launched Agentic Service Management to help organizations prepare IT environments for autonomous AI agents, addressing gaps in current systems.

AI adoption isn't the hard part, it's building employee agency | Fortune

AI empowers non-coders to execute ideas, requiring companies to foster safe, effective environments for employee agency and innovation.

In the age of vibe coding, trust is the real bottleneck | Fortune

AI tools can generate code rapidly, but they also introduce vulnerabilities and require rigorous verification to ensure security and compliance.

Artificial intelligence

AI Agents Act a Lot Like Malware. Here's How to Contain the Risks.

Why Code Validation is the Next Frontier - DevOps.com

Shared staging environments are inadequate for modern development; isolated, on-demand setups are needed for effective validation.

Remote teams

How to Handle Trusts and Psychological Safety When Scaling Organizations

Trust must be built team by team; it cannot be replicated as organizations scale.

Data science

AI project 'failure' has little to do with AI

The reliability of genAI is compromised by various factors, necessitating independent verification of its outputs.

Marketing

fromForbes

Here's How To Be Irreplaceable When AI Can Displace PR

A strong personal brand is essential for PR professionals to remain irreplaceable in the face of AI disruption.

Marketing tech

The real impact of AI on budgets, stacks and teams | MarTech

AI is reshaping marketing budgets and headcount, driving investment rather than cost reduction.

SF politics

fromNextgov.com

New contract for background investigations raises concerns about scale and risk

DCSA is modernizing its Case Processing Operations Center to enhance background investigations and incorporate Continuous Vetting for national security.

Google gives enterprises new controls to manage AI inference costs and reliability

Gemini API introduces Flex and Priority tiers for managing AI inference workloads based on criticality and cost.

#data-breach

fromSilicon Canals

A fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals

A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.

The company's biggest security hole lived in the breakroom

An internet-connected coffee machine caused a major data breach by exploiting security vulnerabilities in a corporate network.

fromSilicon Canals

A fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals

A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.

The company's biggest security hole lived in the breakroom

An internet-connected coffee machine caused a major data breach by exploiting security vulnerabilities in a corporate network.

more#data-breach

fromeLearning Industry

AI Strategy Roadmap: A Step-By-Step Plan From Pilot To Scale

A clear AI strategy roadmap is essential for transforming pilot projects into scalable, impactful enterprise-wide initiatives.

Podcast

fromwww.businessinsider.com

What Does It Take to Be an Outstanding CSO or CISO?

Outstanding security leaders often come from non-traditional backgrounds, with 40% of recent CSO-CISO Hall of Fame honorees starting in the private sector.

Software development

Intellectual property law

Inside KPMG's push to turn tax experts into hands-on software builders

KPMG US empowers tax professionals to build software prototypes alongside engineers, enhancing service delivery and speeding up tool development.

fromNextgov.com

Vendors struggle to navigate the Anthropic ban's fallout

The AI vendor landscape in D.C. is uncertain due to the Anthropic ban and evolving government procurement strategies.

fromTechRepublic

AI Breakthroughs, Security Breaches, and Industry Shakeups Define the Week in Tech - TechRepublic

Tech industry faces rapid AI advancements alongside significant security vulnerabilities and human costs.

Understanding the risks of OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an orchestration layer that requires external services to function effectively, rather than being a standalone cloud platform.

#artificial-intelligence

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Human-governed AI. How Fortis Solutions is building trust in intelligent infrastructure

AI is reshaping work while emphasizing the necessity of human governance and intention in technology.

fromEntrepreneur

Forget the Hype. Here's How AI Is Actually Changing Business Operations

AI is transforming business operations from task automation to strategic decision intelligence.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Human-governed AI. How Fortis Solutions is building trust in intelligent infrastructure

AI is reshaping work while emphasizing the necessity of human governance and intention in technology.

fromEntrepreneur

more#artificial-intelligence

Forget the Hype. Here's How AI Is Actually Changing Business Operations

AI is transforming business operations from task automation to strategic decision intelligence.

Software development

fromSearch Unified Communications

OutSystems focuses on control and consistency in AI projects

OutSystems introduces Agentic Systems Engineering to enhance coherence and control in AI development, addressing fragmentation and integration challenges.

Remote teams

Why IT leaders must prioritize hybrid work accessibility | TechTarget

Organizations must prioritize the needs of disabled employees in return-to-office plans to maintain remote job opportunities.

IGEL breaks down the wall between IT and OT

IGEL is enhancing security and manageability in OT environments through its platform and Preventative Security Model.

Blind trust in hardware vendors is always a bad idea

Attackers are increasingly targeting hardware and firmware vulnerabilities as traditional security tools focus primarily on software layers.

fromMedium

Most Developers Are Using AI Wrong.

Using AI in coding can create an illusion of speed, leading to a lack of understanding and ownership of the code.

How 'Wikipedia of cyber' helps SAP make sense of threat data | Computer Weekly

SAP faces significant challenges in securing enterprise data amidst a complex threat landscape and evolving compliance requirements.

#ai-agents

Kilo targets shadow AI agents with a managed enterprise platform

KiloClaw for Organizations enhances AI agent management with centralized governance, addressing security and compliance concerns for enterprises.

5 Learnings from the First-Ever Gartner Market Guide for Guardian Agents

Gartner's Market Guide for Guardian Agents highlights the rapid adoption of AI agents and the associated governance risks.

Kilo targets shadow AI agents with a managed enterprise platform

KiloClaw for Organizations enhances AI agent management with centralized governance, addressing security and compliance concerns for enterprises.

5 Learnings from the First-Ever Gartner Market Guide for Guardian Agents

Gartner's Market Guide for Guardian Agents highlights the rapid adoption of AI agents and the associated governance risks.

IGEL brings 'Smarter, Zero Trust' approach Contextual Access to endpoints

IGEL's Contextual Access enhances endpoint security by adapting access rights based on user, device, location, and trust status.

Enterprises demand cloud value

Businesses are shifting from cost-cutting to establishing centers of excellence and finops to enhance ROI in cloud investments.

A core infrastructure engineer pleads guilty to federal charges in insider attack

Rhyne's attack involved unauthorized remote desktop sessions, deletion of network administrator accounts, and changing of passwords, showcasing significant security vulnerabilities.

Information security

1 month ago

Weighing up the enterprise risks of neocloud providers | Computer Weekly

Neocloud providers, which include the likes of Nscale, CoreWeave and Carbon3.ai, are having a somewhat disruptive impact on the market by making huge commitments to build out hyperscale datacentres in support of the UK government's AI growth agenda. These providers are also taking up capacity in colocation datacentres that some of the hyperscale cloud giants previously committed to renting space in, before pulling out.

Miscellaneous

Only 14 percent of companies achieved a high level of cloud maturity

Only 14% of organizations have achieved the highest level of cloud maturity despite AI driving demand for cloud investments.

Open Source Security Tool Trivy Hit by Supply Chain Attack, Prompting Urgent Industry Response

A malicious release of the Trivy vulnerability scanner exposed critical weaknesses in software supply chain security, allowing for potential credential theft.

Event-Driven Patterns for Cloud-Native Banking: Lessons from What Works and What Hurts

Event-driven architecture introduces complexity and requires careful implementation, especially in regulated environments, to ensure reliability and system evolution.

Even Microsoft know Copilot can't be trusted

Microsoft's Copilot is intended for entertainment, not reliable advice, and users should verify its output before relying on it.

Mobile Attack Surface Expands as Enterprises Lose Control

Mobile device security is inadequate, with many organizations using critically outdated operating systems and exposing sensitive data to potential attacks.

How to build an enterprise-grade MCP registry

MCP registries are essential for integrating AI agents with enterprise systems, requiring semantic discovery, governance, and developer-friendly controls.

Amazon security boss: AI makes pentesting 40% more efficient

Amazon has achieved a 40% efficiency gain in pentesting through AI tools, enhancing security without reducing staff.

Claude Code leak puts enterprise trust at risk as security, governance concerns mount

Leaks threaten Anthropic's market position and raise security concerns about its AI coding tools.

fromTechRepublic

The Next Billion Users Won't Be Human: Securing the Agentic Enterprise

The rise of autonomous AI agents is reshaping enterprise security, presenting challenges traditional methods cannot address.

Claude Code leak puts enterprise trust at risk as security, governance concerns mount

Leaks threaten Anthropic's market position and raise security concerns about its AI coding tools.

fromTechRepublic

The Next Billion Users Won't Be Human: Securing the Agentic Enterprise

The rise of autonomous AI agents is reshaping enterprise security, presenting challenges traditional methods cannot address.

more#ai-security

fromFast Company

3 signs your company is using AI incorrectly

Most organizations struggle with AI due to a lack of strategic thinking, not technology issues.

Building an AI competitive edge through strategy and governance | MarTech

Generative AI requires strategic layers for effective output; polish does not equate to quality or alignment with creative goals.

CERT-EU blames Trivy supply chain attack for Europa.eu data breach

TeamPCP exploited Trivy to access sensitive cloud credentials and data, creating significant vulnerabilities for organizations.

Axios supply chain attack victim posts postmortem to prevent a repeat

Axios was compromised for three hours, distributing Remote Access Trojans due to a sophisticated social engineering attack by North Korean group UNC1069.

fromJohnjwang

Artificial intelligence

Why are executives enamored with AI but ICs aren't?

Executives embrace AI for its non-deterministic nature, while individual contributors remain skeptical due to their focus on deterministic tasks.

HPE sees the network as a security sensor: what does that mean?

HPE Networking views the network as a critical security sensor and enforcement point, especially after acquiring Juniper Networks.

fromFast Company

AI won't fix your company

The gap in AI adoption within organizations stems from people issues, not technology, emphasizing the need for a supportive culture.

Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise

Cisco has released critical updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller and Smart Software Manager On-Prem.

Jamf warns of massive app insecurities

Mac and iOS users face significant security threats, with many devices vulnerable to attacks and outdated systems.

The Next Cybersecurity Crisis Isn't Breaches-It's Data You Can't Trust

Data integrity now encompasses data trust, emphasizing the importance of reliable data in AI-driven decision-making.

Banning routers won't fix what's already broken | Computer Weekly

The FCC's ban on foreign-made routers addresses future procurement, not current security risks, as routers are already vulnerable and widely deployed.

fromAbove the Law

1 month ago

Vetting AI Vendors: 6 Areas Every Legal Team Should Assess - Above the Law

Legal teams must assess confidentiality, privilege, and reliability risks when adopting AI across contract review, litigation research, ediscovery, and compliance monitoring.

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2026: 9 Takeaways for CISOs

Secrets sprawl accelerated in 2025, with 29 million new hardcoded secrets identified, marking a 34% increase from the previous year.

Platformisation or platform theatre? Navigating cyber consolidation | Computer Weekly

Consolidation in enterprise security is necessary but can introduce risks like single points of failure and integration issues.

fromEntrepreneur

This AI Security Strategy Is Redefining Cyberattack Recovery

Combining Zero Trust principles with AI enhances resilience, reduces downtime, and maintains strict access controls.

2 weeks ago

Beyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms | Computer Weekly

Integration layers between security platforms, not the platforms themselves, have become the primary enterprise security risk requiring rigorous governance of delegated trust.

2 weeks ago

Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic

Security validation tools operate in silos while attackers exploit interconnected systems, creating a structural blind spot that Agentic Exposure Validation can address through continuous, autonomous, context-aware assessment.

3 weeks ago

Vulnerability reports: Increase in quantity, decrease in quality? | Computer Weekly

Bug bounty programs face sustainability challenges due to increased low-quality submissions, prompting cURL founder Daniel Stenberg to shut down his HackerOne program and switch to GitHub for vulnerability reporting.