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    Deep Dive

    As frontier models go rogue, colleges beef up AI cybersecurity education

    Student interest in AI safety is growing rapidly, and schools are rushing to prepare for new career paths.

    By • Oct. 9, 2026
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    What the C-suite needs to know about AI governance

    As AI adoption surges, executives are learning tough lessons about security, oversight and accountability.

    By • Oct. 8, 2026
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    CISO Strategy

    AI is rapidly transforming the cybersecurity landscape, and CISOs must keep pace.

    By Cybersecurity Dive staff
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    US government lagging in transition to post-quantum encryption, GAO finds

    Auditors warned that agencies risked leaving sensitive data exposed to future decryption attacks.

    By • Oct. 8, 2026
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    White House AI task force faces expertise, partnership challenges

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is nowhere to be seen in the government’s latest AI security project.

    By • Oct. 5, 2026
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    SOC staffers generally pleased with AI’s impact, but worries remain

    AI is likely to eliminate some entry-level SOC roles, a survey found, It is also creating opportunities to develop more strategic skills.

    By • Oct. 1, 2026
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    National cyber director defends private-sector hacking program, urges focus on security basics

    Letting businesses help the government deter cybercrime will benefit all Americans, Sean Cairncross said.

    By • Sept. 30, 2026
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    GAO report spotlights industry’s concerns about overlapping cybersecurity regulations

    Representatives of three critical infrastructure sectors identified the conflicting and redundant rules that they said made their jobs more difficult.

    By • Sept. 29, 2026
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    Businesses expand AI’s cybersecurity uses as comfort with technology grows

    Companies in the experimentation stage were less likely than established users to deploy advanced AI-powered defenses, a new survey found.

    By • Sept. 25, 2026
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    Rogue OpenAI agent targeted Australian government site

    The prime minister rebuked the company for its slow response and warned that AI poses significant risks that need to be further addressed.

    By • Sept. 24, 2026
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    CISA looks to recruit general infrastructure security experts rather than sector-focused advisers

    “I need people that can pivot from day to day,” the agency’s acting chief told reporters.

    By • Sept. 16, 2026
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    Companies’ AI strategies don’t account for agentic tools

    Businesses are taking AI governance seriously, but their plans lag behind the technology they’re using, according to an EY survey.

    By • Sept. 15, 2026
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    Accountability, oversight and AI: Inside Microsoft’s security transformation

    Stung by years of embarrassing hacks, the tech giant overhauled how it approached cybersecurity. Company leaders now say they’re seeing results.

    By • Sept. 11, 2026
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    CISA is on the verge of filling hundreds of critical vacancies

    The agency is also working to finalize an incident-reporting regulation and set up a new industry coordination structure, its acting director said.

    By • Sept. 10, 2026
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    White House sees water cybersecurity partnership in Texas as national blueprint

    The government is taking a new approach to protecting critical infrastructure, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said.

    By • Sept. 10, 2026
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    How AI anxieties dominated the summer’s big cybersecurity conference

    From the CVE Program to autonomous hacks, everyone is worried about the technology’s next evolution.

    By • Sept. 9, 2026
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    CISOs are feeling the security burden of accelerated AI use

    A report shows CISOs face increased pressures related to cyber resilience and business continuity.

    By • Sept. 9, 2026
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    New FBI cyber strategy promises increase in adversary disruptions

    The document also focuses on helping victims, reflecting the bureau’s goal of encouraging more companies to share information with it.

    By • Sept. 9, 2026
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    Don’t let AI distract from cybersecurity basics, officials and executives warn

    Government and industry leaders said simple attacks remain far more consequential than anything AI is doing.

    By • Sept. 8, 2026
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    Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal could benefit enterprises

    The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts.

    By Paige Gross • Sept. 4, 2026
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    Government, industry partner to shut down long-running Sality botnet

    A nonprofit group is now working to contact victims.

    By • Sept. 3, 2026
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    Government lacks ability to verify AI labs’ claims, experts say

    A new survey of national security practitioners identified a wide range of near- and medium-term AI risks for policymakers to consider.

    By • Sept. 3, 2026
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    CISA scraps 6 free cybersecurity assessments for critical infrastructure operators

    The agency’s decision, spurred by workload concerns, could leave organizations without valuable insights into their vulnerabilities.

    By • Updated Sept. 3, 2026
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    Treasury to help financial firms transition to quantum-resistant encryption

    The government is concerned that hackers could someday decrypt financial information and other secrets using code-breaking quantum computers.

    By • Aug. 26, 2026
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    House Democrats ask GAO to study CISA workforce cuts

    Five lawmakers serving on the Homeland Security Committee said Congress didn’t know enough about the Trump administration’s changes to the cybersecurity agency.

    By • Aug. 24, 2026
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    Fitch explains how water, healthcare organizations can keep strong credit ratings despite cyberattacks

    Resilience, not prevention, is key, analysts at the credit-rating agency said in a pair of new reports.

    By • Aug. 20, 2026