Cybersecurity's AI Reckoning Across Vendors, Buyers, and Defenders: A Survival Guide
This week: How AI is reshaping security vendor business models, disrupting cybersecurity procurement, exposing governance gaps, fueling new trust debates, and further complicating persistent threats like ransomware and Microsoft insecurity.
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A trio of fresh flaws highlights the heightened vulnerability of the entire enterprise software stack, as the combination of automated scanning, the availability of exploit code, and patching delays is cited as a factor in the rise of vulnerability exploitation as a preferred entry point.
Remembering Dr. Eric Cole, ShinyHunters Exposes Identity-to-SaaS Gap, and Why Community is Our Last Defense Against Deepfakes
Also: The CYBR.SEC.CON call for papers has been extended to June 14. We hope to see you there!
AI Scanning's Hidden Tax: $128K in Triage Before a Fix
AI security scanners promise to reduce AppSec workload, but Contrast Labs' testing shows they systematically multiply it, turning a $315 API fee into an estimated $128,000 triage burden, before fixing a single vulnerability.
This Week in Cybersecurity: CYBR.HAK.CON Preview, the Death of the Level 1 SOC, and Mental Health Resources for Security Teams
In this week's CYBR.SEC.Media newsletter: preview of CYBR.HAK.CON, why traditional Level 1 SOC operations are breaking down under modern threat pressure, and where cybersecurity professionals can find mental health support built for the realities of the job.
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AI, Ancient Bugs, Fresh Exploits, and an Overflowing Patch Queue
A trio of fresh flaws highlights the heightened vulnerability of the entire enterprise software stack, as the combination of automated scanning, the availability of exploit code, and patching delays is cited as a factor in the rise of vulnerability exploitation as a preferred entry point.
AI Governance Is Becoming Cybersecurity's Next Compliance Theater
A new report from Cye finds that AI adoption is racing ahead of AI security, leaving organizations stuck between governance policies on paper and operational controls that can actually reduce risk. The report analyzed more than 2,400 assessments across 21 countries and 16 industries.
Trust Is Not a Cloud Service: What Cybersecurity Can Learn from Local AI Stewards
The people on the ground often know whether that event is ordinary, suspicious, urgent, harmless, political, embarrassing, dangerous, or simply the latest chapter in a long operational story.
The Coming Security Vendor Identity Crisis
As AI accelerates product development and cybersecurity categories blur together, security leaders face a growing challenge: figuring out who actually does what anymore. (Sponsored by Crush Security.)