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Articles Posted Week of Oct. 6th, 2025 — Oct. 12th, 2025 (331/2/7)
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Storage
Security Boulevard
Beyond Chatbots: Why Agent Security Is The Industry’s Next Major Challenge
How Exposure Management Helped Three Companies Transform Their Cybersecurity Program
Networks
Google News
Zscaler News
Check Point News
Join industry experts Leon Schwartz, Andrew Katz, and Josh Bressers for a critical discussion on the evolving landscape of open source software compliance. Register
Storage
High-Capacity SSDs Positioned To Tackle AI Onslaught
More AI means more data, and organizations need a way to accommodate it all. For that, flash vendors are looking to high-capacity SSDs as a critical layer in the storage hierarchy....more
Security Boulevard
Beyond Chatbots: Why Agent Security Is The Industry’s Next Major Challenge
AI systems are evolving beyond conversation. Today’s autonomous agents book flights, manage calendars, and execute business workflows without constant human oversight. This represents a fundamental shift: from tools that respond to tools that act....more
Building An Effective DDoS Mitigation Strategy That Works
Every organization’s DDoS mitigation strategy should reflect its unique architecture, defense technologies, and business priorities....more
CMMC and NIST Password Compliance 101: Are They Different?
When working with the Department of Defense (DoD), securing user accounts is a strict requirement. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework was created to ensure organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) maintain rigorous security standards....more
Exploring The Concept Of Enterprise Security Management
Isn’t it wild how much security threats have evolved (The Evolution of Cyber Threats: Past, Present and Future)? I mean, remember when a strong password felt like enough?...more
How Exposure Management Helped Three Companies Transform Their Cybersecurity Program
Part two of our Exposure Management Academy series on exposure management maturity explores how organizations like Drogaria Araujo, Tenable and Verizon have applied exposure management to strengthen their security postures...more
This session shows how these issues are tied together, and how to tackle both at once. You'll learn how to take bigger swings and tackle projects that deliver real impact - projects like integrating AI tools into your development workflow. Register
Networks
Where Is The Worldwide Enterprise Networking Market Going In 2025?
In the first half of 2025, a fresh breeze blew through the Enterprise Networking market - a welcome change after the doldrums of 2024 and the gales of 2023....more
Ethernet Alliance Marks Milestone With 200Gbps Plugfest
The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today announced its next High-Speed Networking (HSN) Plugfest will be held December 8-12, 2025 at Keysight Technologies in Santa Clara, CA. Representing a critical industry milestone, it is the first interoperability event dedicated to 200 gigabits per second (200Gbps) per lane SerDes technologies being specified in IEEE P802.3dj....more
Google News
Google Messages Is Getting Another Powerful New Feature
Do you want more control over the types of texts, images, and videos you get on Google Messages? If so, we have some good news. This week, we learned that Google is rolling out an optional new feature to prevent NSFW and other unwanted videos from appearing on your phone....more
4 Tips For Using Nano Banana To Create Amazing Images
Get the scoop on how to use Nano Banana, the Gemini app’s viral new image generation and editing model from Google DeepMind....more
4 Ways Gemini Enterprise Makes Work Easier For Everyone
Gemini Enterprise works across all the tools and data you use every day to make your workflows easier - giving you time back in your day....more
Gemini Enterprise: The New Front Door For Google AI In Your Workplace
We’re introducing Gemini Enterprise, designed to bring the full power of Google’s AI to every employee, for every workflow....more
Zscaler News
Defending Against Last-Mile Reassembly Attacks
Reassembly attacks are a form of client-side attacks, including HTML smuggling, that have rapidly evolved into a favored technique among cybercriminals: they bypass conventional security controls and deliver malicious payloads onto endpoints....more
Check Point News
Law Enforcement Pressure Is Reshaping The Global Ransomware Threat Landscape
Check Point’s quarterly Ransomware Report reveals dramatic changes in the global ransomware landscape. In Q2 2025, once-dominant ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups, including Lockbit and RansomHub, either ceased operations or stopped publishing victim data altogether....more
As AI continues to explode and fundamentally change the cybersecurity landscape, CSA's leadership in defining security frameworks and assurance models for AI-as-a-Service is even more critical. Register
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