Penetration testing and auditing are both methods of gaining assurance, but they operate from different angles. A pentest evaluates how well security controls stand up to real-world attack scenarios, while an audit examines whether those controls are designed, implemented, and maintained according to policy or recognised standards.

Queen City Con 2025 highlighted identity, cloud risk, and detection gaps. Learn why defaults and identity sprawl, not zero-days, are still the greatest security threat.

Securonix Data Pipeline Manager Flex (DPM Flex) changes how SIEM data is managed with AI-enabled, value-based data consumption that lets you ingest, store, and analyze more data for the same cost. Expand visibility, strengthen compliance, and unlock more value from your existing investment.

Security teams are facing a daunting challenge: today’s cyberattacks are slower, quieter, and more difficult to spot than ever before. Adversaries, from nation-state actors to malicious insiders, have mastered the art of flying under the radar. They stretch their activities over days, weeks, or even months, using legitimate credentials and tools to disguise their actions as normal business operations. The uncomfortable truth is that most SIEM and XDR platforms are stateless.

We’ve all been there. You open your laptop, log in to your account, log in to your password manager, step away for a quick coffee break, and come back ready to get started on a project, only to be asked by your computer and password manager to log in to both all over again. It’s safe, sure, but it can also feel like one extra speed bump between you and getting work done.

Organizations rely on a combination of internal systems and cloud services to run their business, all of which require sensitive credentials, such as API keys, SSH keys, database passwords, tokens and certificates. Secrets management refers to the storing, organizing and managing of these credentials to prevent unauthorized access.

The global cyber threat landscape has accelerated beyond traditional defense, reaching a critical inflection point. Today, organizations are no longer battling isolated attackers; instead, they are confronting industrialized, financially motivated cyber syndicates that leverage cutting-edge technologies to maximize their impact. Moreover, the rise of AI in Cybersecurity has created both opportunities and threats.