Written by Kurt Seifried, Chief Innovation Officer, CSA.   The Story That Shook the Markets In January 2025, a relatively unknown Chinese AI company called DeepSeek burst onto the global stage with a bold claim—they had built advanced AI models that matched or exceeded the capabilities of tech giants like OpenAI and Google—at a tiny fraction of the cost. Markets reacted dramatically, with Nvidia alone losing nearly $600 billion in value in a single day, part of a broade ..read more

Originally published by Illumio on October 14, 2024. Written by Gary Barlet, Public Sector CTO.   Last month, news broke that senior Navy leaders aboard the USS Manchester were running a secret, unauthorized WiFi network on the ship. They only used the network to check sports scores, text home, and stream movies, according to the Navy Times article. But they kept its existence under wraps for months before the ship’s superiors grew suspicious and started investigati ..read more

Originally Published by CXO Revolutionaries. Written by: Ben Corll, Contributor, Zscaler.   It's time to put the 'corporate ladder' away. The modern professional journey is more like climbing an unfamiliar rock face with no obvious path to the top. For years, the corporate world has framed career progression as climbing a ladder.  ‌It’s a simple and clear analogy suggesting a linear path defined by steady ascents with measured and predictable milestones. The rungs were ..read more

Originally published by Reemo.   Hybrid work has emerged as a dominant organizational model, with a significant portion of the global workforce embracing this flexible approach. While it offers numerous benefits, it also introduces complex security challenges that organizations must address to protect their valuable assets.   The rise of hybrid work and its security implications The shift towards hybrid work, combining on-site and remote work, has accelerated due to advancem ..read more

Written by Ken Huang, CEO of DistributedApps.ai, CSA Fellow, Co-Chair of CSA AI Safety Working Groups.   OpenAI has ushered in a new era of AI capabilities with its latest release: the Responses API. This isn't just another incremental update; it represents a fundamental shift towards agentic AI. While previous APIs like "Chat Completions" focused on conversational interactions, the Responses API empowers developers to build agents – autonomous systems capable of taking actions ..read more

Originally published by Synack.   New year, new regulations. In late December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposal to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Security Rule, with an overarching goal of strengthening the cybersecurity programs of healthcare organizations and protecting patient data from malicious adversaries.  The HIPAA (not HIPPA, as many often confuse it to be) proposal introduces ..read more

Originally published by Koat.   What is an AI Agent? AI agents are advanced autonomous systems designed to perform specific tasks, make decisions, and collaborate with humans and other AI systems. Unlike traditional automation tools, they have machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and decision-making capabilities, allowing them to adapt and learn with minimal human intervention. These agents can be classified into two broad categories: Task-Specific AI Agents ..read more

Originally Published by Axway. Written by Emmanuel Vergé.   File transfer solutions have been around for decades, but the conversation around its security is changing. In the words of Axway’s MFT Product Line Senior Director Paul Lavery, “MFT teams are in a once-in-generation data breach crisis.” In May of 2023, Amazon suffered a significant data breach due to a vulnerability in its MFT service. Months later, the company confirmed that employee data ..read more

How and when you should switch to post-quantum Written by Cory Missimore of the CSA Quantum-Safe Security Working Group. Reviewed by Bruno Huttner, Mehak Kalsi, and Mahesh Adulla.   NIST is helping companies and governments prepare for PQC As quantum computing technology continues to advance, so does the urgency for organizations to rethink their approach to cybersecurity. Many of the cryptographic standards that protect sensitive information today will eventuall ..read more

Originally published by Abnormal Security.   Since the public release of ChatGPT two years ago, the field of artificial intelligence has grown tremendously in both good ways and bad. There’s no denying that the rapid evolution of AI has brought transformative benefits to numerous fields, including cybersecurity. But it has also introduced new challenges as malicious actors harness AI for offensive purposes—using it to attack people and organizations with greater sophistication and ..read more