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Articles Posted Week of Jul 28th, 2025 — Aug 3rd, 2025 (328/5/3)
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CxO
Telco
The Programmable Edge - Taming AI With 5G Features And Microservices
Robocalls Aren't Going Away: Why Small Carriers Keep the Door Open for Scammers
Linux
DevOps
DevOps Meets Blazor In 2025: Streamlining .Net Web App Delivery For The Future
Emerging DevOps Trends: Security, Scalability And Sustainability
Special Agents, Stackgen Drives DevOps Deeper Into Infrastructure
Google News
Zscaler News
Secure Federal Operations Anywhere: Privileged Remote Access Now Available In GovCloud
Ransomware Surges, Extortion Escalates: Threatlabz 2025 Ransomware Report
Ransomware Surges As Attempts Spike 146% Amid Aggressive Extortion Tactics
It used to be that cloud native was just for the public cloud crowd-a smooth pour straight from the hyperscalers. But times have changed, and now cloud native is everywhere. Whether you're sipping from a public cloud, private cloud, hypervisor, or going full throttle on bare metal, there's no wrong way to enjoy it. Register
CxO
Email Security Is Stuck In The Antivirus Era: Why It Needs A Modern Approach
Picture this: you've hardened every laptop in your fleet with real‑time telemetry, rapid isolation, and automated rollback. But the corporate mailbox-the front door for most attackers-is still guarded by what is effectively a 1990s-era filter....more
AI Is Changing The vCISO Game
Virtual CISO (vCISO) services have moved from niche to mainstream, with vCISO services adoption 2025 data showing a more than threefold increase in just one year....more
From Tool To Strategic Partner: A 4-Step Blueprint For CIOs
Stop treating IT like a utility! CIOs who lead with strategy, not servers, will win the digital race before their competitors know it started....more
Burnout, Budgets And Breaches - How Can CISOs Keep Up?
How CISOs can keep up with the constant breaches and burnout challengesHow CISOs can keep up with the constant breaches and burnout challenges...more
Telco
The Programmable Edge - Taming AI With 5G Features And Microservices
Telcos face both a challenge and an opportunity in handling the unique traffic patterns and demands of AI-generated content, especially at the network edge....more
Robocalls Aren't Going Away: Why Small Carriers Keep the Door Open for Scammers
New data from the TNS Half-Year 2025 Robocall Report shows that, despite years of effort (the original deadline for implementation was four years ago), robocalls remain a major challenge for the telecom industry. Really, there's no surprise here. We all deal with a constant barrage of robocalls every day....more
Linux
Linux Kernel 6.16 Is Officially Released
The Linux Kernel 6.16 has been officially released, bringing a fresh set of stability and small improvements to the operating system. Linus Torvalds, the principal developer of Linux Kernel, tagged and pushed out the Kernel 6.16 final release on Sunday, 27th July 2025....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
DevOps
DevOps Meets Blazor In 2025: Streamlining .Net Web App Delivery For The Future
Let's rewind for a moment. Back in the early days of web development, we were often stuck juggling multiple languages and frameworks - C# on the backend and JavaScript on the frontend....more
Emerging DevOps Trends: Security, Scalability And Sustainability
DevOps is changing the way software is built and delivered. It is becoming faster, smarter and more reliable than ever. As organisations continue to focus on becoming more efficient, trends are emerging that will shape the future of DevOps....more
Special Agents, Stackgen Drives DevOps Deeper Into Infrastructure
Amidst the noise created by the various hype engines attempting to tell us that DevOps is dead, we know that a) of course it isn't, but b) there are indeed deeper forces at work that promise to automate a wider transept of the backend management and orchestration element of the software application development lifecycle....more
Survey Surfaces Multiple Persistent DevSecOps Challenges
A survey of 250 senior IT and security leaders based in North America, published today, finds that 62% work for organizations that knowingly release insecure code to meet delivery deadlines....more
Google News
3 Ways Teens Are Managing Tech This Summer
A new survey looks at how teenagers across Europe are navigating the digital world while school's out....more
Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #12 Is Out!
This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report...more
Zscaler News
Reflecting On The 2025 National Association Of Counties Annual Conference: Innovations, Practical Tools, And Readiness
The 2025 National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference held in Philadelphia, PA this month brought together county leaders from across the Nation....more
Secure Federal Operations Anywhere: Privileged Remote Access Now Available In GovCloud
The federal public sector operates under unparalleled security requirements, juggling sensitive operational technology (OT) and industrial internet of things (IIoT) systems while ensuring these devices remain protected from cyber threats, disruptions, and unauthorized access....more
Ransomware Surges, Extortion Escalates: Threatlabz 2025 Ransomware Report
Ransomware remains one of the most persistent threats facing enterprises and public sector organizations. The latest research from ThreatLabz confirms that attacks are not only increasing in volume, but also shifting toward more targeted, data-driven extortion tactics....more
Ransomware Surges As Attempts Spike 146% Amid Aggressive Extortion Tactics
Ransomware attacks blocked by the Zscaler cloud rose 146%, the sharpest spike observed in the past three years....more
In a world of AI-driven software creation, microservices, and cloud-native architectures, traditional AppSec methods can't keep pace. This webinar builds on our latest ESG whitepaper to explore how Agentic AI is transforming AppSec from reactive to proactive. Register
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Nice! Which of these topics do you think IT leaders will be talking about the most next quarter?