Consider this common scenario: The executives of an organization have approved the AI strategy, the vendors have been selected and the tools launched into production. Within days the internal security team finds out that employees have been pasting customer contracts into a generative AI (genAI) summarization tool for six months before anyone noticed. All that work didn’t stop unintentional data leaks.

Josh Rector is the Compliance Director, Public Sector at Ace of Cloud, a security and compliance consulting firm, certified CMMC Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO), and Registered Provider Organization (RPO). With more than a decade of experience in cybersecurity compliance, he has worked both sides of the assessment table, leading internal and external assessments, serving as ISSO for systems at federal agencies, and guiding cloud service providers through the FedRAMP authorization process.

Windows 11 is better protected out of the box than older versions of Windows, but that does not solve the biggest problem most users face: recovery. If a phishing page slips through, ransomware starts encrypting files, or your SSD fails during an update, built-in protection can only take you so far. That is why the best antivirus for Windows 11 is no longer just the one that blocks malware most aggressively. It is the one that fits how you actually use your PC and what happens if something goes wrong.

Learn how GitGuardian supports NHI governance with a secrets-first model that improves visibility, reduces sprawl, and helps teams manage machine identity risk.

There is a widening gap between what most organizations call offensive security testing and what actually keeps them safe. The standard model looks familiar: schedule an annual penetration test, receive a PDF full of color-coded findings, remediate a handful of critical items, and repeat next year. Attackers do not operate in annual cycles. The core problem is not a lack of testing. It is the wrong kind.

Email security often focuses on incoming threats such as phishing, malware, and malicious links, but outbound email security is just as important. According to KnowBe4’s 2025 State of Human Risk Report, nearly half of cybersecurity leaders say misdirected emails sent by employees have caused security incidents. These mistakes typically happen when employees send messages to the wrong recipient, attach the wrong file, or unintentionally share sensitive information.