Regulators made their move in 2025.

Disclosure deadlines arrived. AI rules took shape. Liability rose up the chain of command. But for security teams on the ground, the distance between policy and practice only grew wider.

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CARY, N.C., Dec. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire — With 90% of organizations facing critical skills gaps (ISC2) and AI reshaping job roles across cybersecurity, cloud, and IT operations, enterprises are rapidly reallocating L&D budgets toward hands-on training that delivers measurable, real-world … (more…)

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In 2025, the stakes changed. CISOs were hauled into courtrooms. Boards confronted a wave of shareholder lawsuits. And the rise of autonomous systems introduced fresh ambiguity and risk around who’s accountable when algorithms act.

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It was a tense moment in Episode 4 of Pluribus, the Apple TV series about a world linked by a single intelligence.

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 19, 2025, CyberNewswire — The collaboration advances enterprise grade application security into decentralized ecosystems, uniting Checkmarx’s AppSec expertise with Web3 specialization by CredShields.

CredShields, a leading Web3 security firm, has partnered with Checkmarx, the global leader … (more…)

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LOS ANGELES and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18, 2025 – Secure.com today announced the launch of Digital Security Teammate (DST), a new category of AI-native agents built to help security teams survive the largest operational crisis the industry has … (more…)

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AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18, 2025, CyberNewswire — SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released its report, The Identity Security Reckoning: 2025 Lessons, 2026 Predictions, outlining 10 of the top trends that will shape the cyber threat … (more…)

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Small and mid-sized contractors play a vital role in the U.S. defense industrial base — but too often, they remain the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain.

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RADICL’s  2025 DIB Cybersecurity Maturity Report reveals that 85% … (more…)

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I hadn’t expected the machine’s answer to be that good.

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It was a simple prompt — I needed help crafting a reply to a client. One of those mid-project check-ins where timing gets murky … (more…)

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AI is getting better at mimicking how leaders think — not just how they sound.

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The latest wave of deepfake attacks isn’t about dramatic voice-cloning or bold social engineering. Instead, the bigger risk may … (more…)

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BALTIMORE, Nov. 4, 2025, CyberNewswire — he new 2025 Insider Risk Report, produced by Cybersecurity Insiders in collaboration with Cogility, highlights that nearly all security leaders (93%) say insider threats are as difficult or harder to detect than … (more…)

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Anyone remember the dot-com bubble burst? The early warning came in January 2000, when AOL and Time Warner joined forces in a $164 billion deal — the largest merger in U.S. history at the time.

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SEATTLE — At a well-meaning civic forum hosted inside a south Seattle community space yesterday (Oct. 30,) Microsoft’s Lorraine Bardeen coined a new term: protopian.

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She said it three times, as if underlining … (more…)

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The other day, I found myself flat on my back in a urologist’s exam room, eyes fixed on the ceiling tiles as a cystoscope made its slow, deliberate circuit.

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Dr. Mitchell narrated … (more…)

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This morning, I tried to power down my Samsung S23 smartphone.

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I long-pressed the side key expecting the usual “Power off / Restart” menu. Instead, a small Gemini prompt window appeared towards … (more…)

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PARIS, Oct. 24, 2025, CyberNewswire — Arsen, the cybersecurity company dedicated to helping organizations defend against social engineering, today introduced its new Smishing Simulation module: a feature designed to let companies run realistic, large-scale SMS phishing simulations across their … (more…)

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