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    CISA audit sparks debate about cybersecurity pay incentives

    Some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency employees believe a recent inspector general’s report partially missed the mark.

    By • Sept. 15, 2025
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    UK cyber leader calls for shift in focus toward continuity of critical services

    Richard Horne, CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the U.S. remains a key ally in the global fight against sophisticated adversaries.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    CISO Strategy

    Corporate stakeholders want to better understand the risk calculus of their technology stacks, answering the lingering question: Are we a target? 

    By Cybersecurity Dive staff
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    How the retail sector teams up to defend against cybercrime

    The cyberthreat intel-sharing and collaboration group RH-ISAC is helping companies confront cyberattacks. But the challenge is delivering timely intelligence in a dynamic threat environment.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Mitsubishi Electric agrees to buy Nozomi Networks in deal valued at about $1B

    The agreement is part of a larger strategy for Mitsubishi to develop one-stop security capabilities in the OT space.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
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    How AI and politics hampered the secure open-source software movement

    Tech giants pledged millions to secure open-source code. Then AI came along.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
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    Swiss Re warns of rate deterioration in cyber insurance

    Competition among insurers has forced them to offer concessions on premiums, limits and controls.

    By • Sept. 5, 2025
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    How the newest ISAC aims to help food and agriculture firms thwart cyberattacks

    Food industry executives used to shrug off ransomware and cyber-espionage risks. A threat intel group is helping to change that, but its reach remains unclear.

    By • Sept. 4, 2025
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    How Tampa General Hospital worked to quantify cyber risk

    The medical center’s CIO and CISO teamed up to translate security decisions into dollars and cents.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 3, 2025
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    FCC investigation could derail its own IoT security certification program

    Internet of Things device makers are eager to participate, but the commission’s concerns about its lead administrator have halted progress of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program.

    By • Sept. 2, 2025
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    Federal, state officials investigating ransomware attack targeting Nevada

    The Sunday attack disrupted key services across the state and led to the theft of some data.

    By • Updated Aug. 29, 2025
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    Safety-critical industries wary about using AI for cybersecurity

    Finance, tech and professional services are among the sectors with the widest adoption of AI-based security tools, according to a new report.

    By • Aug. 27, 2025
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    CISOs grow more concerned about risk of material cyberattack

    A report by Proofpoint shows growing anxiety among security leaders about their companies’ cyber readiness.

    By • Aug. 26, 2025
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    Execs worry about unknown identity-security weaknesses

    Credential theft attacks prove that companies need to do better, but business leaders cited many reasons for slow progress.

    By • Aug. 26, 2025
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    IT, business leaders clash over cloud, data security

    Executives plan to increase IT spend despite disappointing returns on tech investments, according to Unisys.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 25, 2025
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    Cyber, AI drive software spending to double-digit growth through 2029

    Cloud security and identity and access management tool purchases insulated the market from tariff-induced economic shocks, according to Forrester.

    By Matt Ashare • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Palo Alto Networks shares surge after company releases strong annual forecast

    The cybersecurity firm said its “platformization” strategy is beginning to pay dividends as more large customers consolidate their spending on its offerings.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Execs use responsible AI to drive growth, prevent risks

    Business leaders want to prevent further fallout as nearly all have experienced at least one problematic incident tied to AI, according to an Infosys survey.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Businesses focus on AI, cloud, despite cyber defense oversights

    Recent surveys found enterprises are enthusiastically adopting AI, even as they neglect basic cybersecurity measures.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Developers knowingly push vulnerable code, despite growing breach risk

    Only three in 10 respondents said their application security programs were highly mature.

    By • Aug. 15, 2025
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    Water sector expands partnership with volunteer hackers

    As threats to critical infrastructure grow and government funding stagnates, operators are turning to civic-minded volunteers from the cybersecurity industry.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    White House urged to revamp cyber regulations

    A leading trade group said the Trump administration should rein in a major pending cybersecurity rule as well as embrace AI-based cyber defenses.

    By • Aug. 14, 2025
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    US agencies, international allies issue guidance on OT asset inventorying

    The guidance includes specific examples for three critical infrastructure sectors that held workshops with CISA.

    By • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Financial impact from severe OT events could top $300B

    A report from industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos highlights growing risks of business interruption and supply-chain disruptions.

    By • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Cyber experts ponder a non-government future for the CVE program

    Organizations supporting the security vulnerability program said it needed changes to improve stability and rebuild trust.

    By • Aug. 11, 2025
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    CISA officials say agency is moving ahead despite workforce purge

    Two senior officials defended the agency’s progress amid concerns about the effects of mass layoffs and budget cuts.

    By • Aug. 8, 2025