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Articles Posted Week: Dec. 29th, 2025 — Jan. 4th, 2026 (333/5/7)
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Security
Cybersecurity Predictions For 2026: Navigating The Future Of Digital Threats
Security Coverage Is Falling Behind The Way Attackers Behave
Security Boulevard
AI
Edge
Careers
HPE News
OneTrust News
Check Point News
In this forward-looking session, Cerby CEO Bel Lepe and investor and former CIO Yousuf Khan will break down what the next 18 months mean for IAM and security leaders. They will examine which legacy identity practices are slowing progress, how to modernize governance at scale, and where AI is creating new risks as well as new tooling opportunities. Register
Security
Executives Say Cybersecurity Has Outgrown The IT Department
Cybersecurity has moved from a technical problem to a boardroom concern tied to survival. A global Rimini Street study of senior executives shows security risk shaping decisions on technology, talent, and long term planning across industries that keep economies running....more
Cybersecurity Predictions For 2026: Navigating The Future Of Digital Threats
Cybersecurity experts discuss 2026 predictions, highlighting the rise of AI-driven threats, the shift to resilience over prevention, and the urgent need for advanced security measures to combat evolving risks...more
Security Coverage Is Falling Behind The Way Attackers Behave
Cybercriminals keep tweaking their procedures, trying out new techniques, and shifting tactics across campaigns. Coverage that worked yesterday may miss how those behaviors appear today....more
Security Boulevard
Why Passwordless Authentication Matters For External Vendor And Partner Access
Your business runs on relationships. Vendors, contractors, logistics partners, consultants. They all need access to your systems at some point....more
Why Visibility Alone Fails And Context Wins In 2026
For more than a decade, cybersecurity teams have chased visibility through logs, dashboards, alerts, and tools that promised a single pane of glass....more
Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: What They Are And How To Respond
Zero-day vulnerabilities often attract attention and concern because of their unpredictability. They are, by definition, weaknesses that are unknown to software vendors and therefore have no official fix at the point of discovery. When discovered and exploited by malicious actors, they allow attackers to bypass controls before organisations even realise there is a problem....more
AI
Delivering Resilience And Continuity For AI
You’re investing too much to get the basics wrong. Here’s what architecture, infrastructure, and networking look like when done right for AI....more
Four AI Research Trends Enterprise Teams Should Watch In 2026
The AI narrative has mostly been dominated by model performance on key industry benchmarks. But as the field matures and enterprises look to draw real value from advances in AI, we’re seeing parallel research in techniques that help productionize AI applications....more
The Year AI Got Real: Lessons From 2025, Plans For 2026
2025 was a year of AI in real terms, as this was the year a significant portion of the industry stopped just talking about AI and started using it to run their businesses....more
Six Data Shifts That Will Shape Enterprise AI In 2026
For decades the data landscape was relatively static. Relational databases (hello, Oracle!) were the default and dominated, organizing information into familiar columns and rows....more
This webinar will help cut through the hype to provide guidance for implementing the principle of least privilege and take cybersecurity pros through the steps required to achieve a true zero-trust architecture for their organizations Register
Edge
Edge vs Cloud: The Defining Big Data Power Struggle Of 2026
Edge Computing or Cloud Platforms: Who Wins Big Data in 2026?...more
Careers
Why Your Coding Skills Are More Essential Than Ever In The AI Age
We’ve been hearing incessantly how AI tools and vibe coding mean less need for human coders and programmers. Maybe it’s time to rethink the logic of that argument....more
Top 10 IT Careers And Skills Stories Of 2025
Looking back at the skills and hiring landscape in 2025, Computer Weekly shares key moments for IT careers and skills over the past 12 months...more
Best IT Certifications To Boost Your Career In 2026
Elevate Your Professional Standing with These Highly Valued Technical Credentials for 2026...more
HPE News
Best of 2025: HPE Network Bring Smart City To Life At Ryder Cup
As the Ryder Cup golf tournament gets underway today, a sprawling network spanning roughly 1,500 acres was rolled out in 12 weeks to bring to life the equivalent of a small smart city that will be put to the ultimate test....more
2025 Wrapped: HPE’s Highlights, Headlines, And High-Fives
2025 wasn’t just another year in tech. It was a seismic shift when AI transformed the world. While others struggled to tame complexity, HPE reimagined what’s possible. We didn’t just deliver solutions; we set the pace for a new era of intelligent...more
OneTrust News
Onetrust Named A Leader In 2025 Privacy Management Software Analyst Report
OneTrust was ranked the highest in both the Current Offering and Strategy categories, and received the highest scores possible in 22 criteria, including Vision and Innovation ...more
Check Point News
29th December - Threat Intelligence Report
As a global leader in cyber security, Check Point proudly highlights its 2025 recognition from leading analyst firms and research labs. Check Point believes these honors highlight the company’s commitment to protecting AI-driven environments and securing distributed networks that underpin digital trust....more
Check Point Celebrates 2025 With Top Analyst And Research Lab Recognitions
As a global leader in cyber security, Check Point proudly highlights its 2025 recognition from leading analyst firms and research labs. Check Point believes these honors highlight the company’s commitment to protecting AI-driven environments and securing distributed networks that underpin digital trust....more
In this session, we'll explore how AI-driven incident response and 'agentic' automation are changing the way teams detect, diagnose, and resolve issues across AWS and multi-cloud stacks. Register
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