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Articles Posted Week of Aug 4th, 2025 — Aug 10th, 2025 (329/1/4)
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CxO
Virtual CISO offerings triple among MSPs, MSSPs as demand rises
Black & Veatch's Mike Adams Helps Sharpen Your CIO Communication Edge
Security Boulevard
Encryption
ESET News
Salesforce News
KnowBe4 News
How Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams In Social Engineering Attacks
If You Think Social Engineering Is Bad, It's Going To Get Worse
Now in its eighth year, DevOps Experience returns on September 25, 2025, to celebrate eight years of transformation, innovation, and community. Register
CxO
Virtual CISO offerings triple among MSPs, MSSPs as demand rises
Virtual chief information security officer (vCISO) services have seen a 319% increase in adoption among managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs), with 67% of providers now offering these services, according to a recent Cynomi survey....more
Modernizing The IT Portfolio: A Primer
When making decisions about the IT portfolio, CIOs must balance the need to add new-and-cool stuff with the need to avoid obsolescing components that are no less important for having stopped being new and cool years ago....more
ITPro Today's 2025 IT Priorities Report
Despite the AI hype cycle, cybersecurity remains the top investment priority for IT organizations. This report explores current IT focus areas and provides valuable perspective on strategic technology planning trends for the coming year....more
Black & Veatch's Mike Adams Helps Sharpen Your CIO Communication Edge
Storytelling is vital to shaping strategy and inspiring action. The construction engineering giant's CDTO shares insights into how IT leaders can chart digital innovation using language as a leadership superpower....more
Security Boulevard
Controlling NHIs: Strategy for Modern Security
Where the utilization of machine identities is becoming increasingly commonplace, it's essential to ask: How prominent is NHI management in shaping modern security strategies?...more
Four Areas CISOs Must Assess Before Being AI Ready
Both sides of the cybersecurity battlefield are being transformed by the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)....more
How Cybersecurity Is Getting Better with NHIs
Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets management play integral roles. They are often overlooked in the shadow of other robust security measures, leading to potential vulnerabilities....more
Protecting Your Web Applications Against The OWASP Top 10
Web application security is a critical concern for businesses of all sizes. As more companies rely on web applications to manage their operations, store sensitive data and interact with customers, their associated risks continue to grow....more
Securing Non-Human Identities In Complex Hybrid, Multi-Cloud, And Agentic AI Environments
A Big Data Approach to Managing Identity Risk in Modern Enterprise Environments...more
In this webinar, Straiker's Head of AI Security Engineering unpacks how AI's multi-dimensional disruption is forcing a redefinition of what it means to secure applications. We'll explore how agentic systems-LLM-powered chatbots, AI copilots, and autonomous agents-introduce risks that legacy AppSec tools were never built to address. Register
Encryption
An Explanation Of Quantum Cryptography
In this video, Informa TechTarget product marketing associate Katie Donegan explains what quantum cryptography is, how it differs from classical cryptography and how it works....more
ESET News
When Access Becomes A Risk: Cyber Threats Facing Professional Services
Professional services ensure success for their clients, but what about their own livelihoods? Their access is their bane, as threat actors seek to leverage them as springboards to others...more
Salesforce News
10 New Jobs Created By AI: Is One Right For You?
As AI transforms the workforce, being adaptable, open-minded, and open to learning could lead you to a new job - or a new career....more
How You Can Improve Your AI Skills In 6 Hours
If you've read an article, turned on a TV, or listened to a podcast recently, there's a good chance artificial intelligence (AI) was mentioned. (It's also likely that AI was used to research, write, or create that content.)...more
Managing Work Is The New Must-Have AI Skill
AI can do incredible things, but we need to guide it with clear intent to get the best results....more
KnowBe4 News
How Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams In Social Engineering Attacks
Attackers are using Microsoft Teams calls to trick users into installing the Matanbuchus malware loader, which frequently precedes ransomware deployment, according to researchers at Morphisec....more
If You Think Social Engineering Is Bad, It's Going To Get Worse
There is no other way to say it clearer, social engineering is going to be a lot, lot worse soon and far more successful than it is today. And that's saying a lot. It's already pretty bad....more
Social Engineering Attacks Surged In The First Half Of 2025
Cybersecurity incidents nearly tripled in the first half of 2025, jumping from 6% in the second half of 2024 to 17% in 2025, according to a new report from LevelBlue....more
Warning: New Phishing Campaign Targets Instagram Users
A phishing campaign is targeting Instagram users with phony notifications about failed login attempts, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. Notably, the emails contain "mailto" links rather than traditional URLs, which help the phishing messages avoid being flagged by security filters....more
This session reveals how forward-thinking organizations are leveraging AI-enabled Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) to transform compliance from a bureaucratic burden into their secret weapon for smarter security. We'll be joined by the VP of Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance at C2 Labs for a full perspective on AI and automation in GRC. Register
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