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Articles Posted Week: Dec. 22nd, 2025 — Dec. 28th, 2025 (333/4/8)
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Storage
Security Boulevard
Best Of 2025: Survey: Nearly Half Of Data Breaches Involved Third-Party Remote Access
Can Advanced IAM Solutions Reassure Companies On NHI Security
Formal Verification Of MCP Security Properties Against Post-Quantum Adversaries
From Compromise To Control: The ATO Prevention Plan For 2026
HR
Careers
ESET News
Veeam News
Beyond The Checklist: The 5 Security Questions You Must Ask Your Data Protection Vendor
Six Consecutive Wins, One Truth: Veeam Rules Kubernetes Resilience
Join us for this comprehensive session as we unpack the collision of three massive forces: the accumulation of GenAI-introduced risks, the acceleration of AI-powered threats, and the fragmentation of the security stack. Register
Storage
10 Storage Technologies That Want To Replace Hard Drives
From enterprise storage to cold archives, these ideas rethink how data is stored...more
4 Trends That Shaped Data Management, Analytics In 2025
With each relating to agentic AI development, tendencies included nearly universal support for MCP and rising emphasis on semantic modeling, among others....more
Flexibility Or Captivity? The Data Storage Decision Shaping Your AI Future
Why vendor data lock-in is common in enterprise IT and how to keep it at bay....more
Security Boulevard
Best Of 2025: Survey: Nearly Half Of Data Breaches Involved Third-Party Remote Access
A survey of 1,942 IT and IT security practitioners finds nearly half (47%) work for organizations that have experienced a data breach or cyberattack in the past 12 months that involved a third-party that has access to their network....more
Can Advanced IAM Solutions Reassure Companies On NHI Security
Have you ever wondered how secure your organization’s machine identities are? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play a crucial role, especially with the increasing dependency on cloud environments. With the advent of advanced Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, organizations can ensure comprehensive NHI security, thereby reassuring their stakeholders of robust data protection....more
Formal Verification Of MCP Security Properties Against Post-Quantum Adversaries
The Looming Threat: Why Post-Quantum Security Matters for AI Infrastructure...more
From Compromise To Control: The ATO Prevention Plan For 2026
According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report, breaches initiated with stolen credentials take an average of 246 days to identify and contain. That is more than eight months of undetected access....more
How Can Secrets Security Fit Within A Tight IT Budget
Are Non-Human Identities the Missing Piece in Your Cybersecurity Strategy?...more
Quantum computing is positioned to transform the security landscape - but the preparation for that future must start now. This webinar covers the cryptographic implications and migration strategies for organizations to future-proof their networks to withstand post-quantum threats. Register
HR
Building Cyber Talent Through Competition, Residency, And Real-World Immersion
In this Help Net Security interview, Chrisma Jackson, Director of Cybersecurity & Mission Computing Center and CISO at Sandia National Laboratories, reflects on where the cyber talent pipeline breaks down and what it takes to fix it....more
Careers
Best High-Performance Computing Courses To Take In 2026
High-Performance Computing Courses That Propel Your Skills Into the Future...more
How To Build Top AI Skills For 2026 Job Market Success
Top AI Skills Professionals Must Learn to Stay Relevant in the 2026 Job Market...more
ESET News
Five Ways Ai Is Changing Cyber-Attacks: Deepfakes, Smishing And The New Threat Landscape
Cybersecurity has always been an arms race between attackers and defenders. Now AI is set to supercharge that dynamic....more
Veeam News
Beyond The Checklist: The 5 Security Questions You Must Ask Your Data Protection Vendor
In the current threat landscape, your data protection platform is either your strongest asset or your weakest link. For Security Leaders, the days of relying on a standard spreadsheet questionnaire to vet vendors are over. A simple ‘yes’ in a checkbox doesn’t stop a supply chain attack, nor does it guarantee that your partner has the operational maturity to handle a zero-day vulnerability....more
Cloud Service Providers: What They Are, Benefits & Examples
Nowadays, managing a datacenter involves balancing a precarious equation: Data is growing exponentially, security threats are evolving daily, and the demand for 99.9% uptime is non-negotiable. For many IT infrastructure directors, the solution is to levaerage the specialized capabilities of a cloud service provider (CSP)....more
Six Consecutive Wins, One Truth: Veeam Rules Kubernetes Resilience
The Kubernetes landscape expands every year with more clusters, more workloads, and more AI. However, one constant remains: the Veeam Kasten juggernaut....more
Join Tim Gallo, Lead Global Solutions Architect, as he demonstrates how to shatter these bottlenecks using the new Agentic capabilities within Google Threat Intelligence. Register
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