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In February 2024, a ransomware attack on a critical player in the US healthcare infrastructure sent shockwaves through the US and globally. Pharmacies were unable to process prescriptions using patients' insurance, leading to delays in medication dispensing and highlighting the fragility of the healthcare supply chain. Hospitals and medical offices faced severe operational disruptions, struggling to provide patient care, submit insurance claims, and receive payments.

On October 14th, Windows 10 will be retired, and Microsoft will no longer push patches or updates to systems on that operating system. It is crucial for companies to make the jump to Windows 11 now—or risk being exposed to critical vulnerabilities. This is especially important for Industrial Control Systems (ICS), which often run on legacy systems.

According to Forbes Advisor, 46% of Americans reported having their passwords stolen in 2024. This highlights just how essential tools like password managers are for secure credential management. Password managers generate, store and autofill strong passwords and passkeys, helping users maintain strong password hygiene without needing to remember every login credential.

Microsoft Teams has become the standard tool for digital collaboration in companies, public institutions and organizations alike. The platform offers all the functions modern teams need: Chat, meetings, file storage, project collaboration and more – fundamentally changing the way we work together across states and countries. But despite all the enthusiasm, Teams is not without its drawbacks – especially when used without proper control.

The NIS2 Directive (NIS2) is now in effect, but some organizations still haven’t taken action – risking a sharp reckoning as the directive marks a major shift in compliance requirements. Compared to other cybersecurity legislation, NIS2 is less about ticking compliance boxes and more of a ground-up rethink of an organization’s entire security posture, especially when it comes to privileged access. We’ve seen this before with GDPR.

The management of non-human identities (NHI) presents unique challenges that many identity and access management professionals are still learning to navigate. Service accounts, provisioned accounts, and automated system credentials require governance approaches that differ significantly from traditional user management.

At ThreatQuotient a Securonix company, we’ve cracked the code on how to use threat intelligence to simplify security operations. It involves using automation and AI to accelerate and improve threat intelligence management to help teams work smarter, not harder. Our ThreatQ Platform provides a data-driven way to streamline the threat intelligence lifecycle – a structured process for collecting, analyzing, distributing, and honing threat intelligence to improve defenses.

AI is now part of customer service, product design, operations, and decision making. That reach brings real benefits, and it also surfaces personal and sensitive data in new places. It raises the question: How do we ship useful AI while protecting people and meeting laws? This guide helps you understand AI and data privacy as one practice through core principles, common pitfalls, practical controls, and a step by step plan to build privacy into your AI stack from the start.

In the world of identity security, organizations evaluating solutions want to understand why CyberArk stands out as the top choice. Leaders aren’t just looking for a rundown of capabilities – they want to understand what peers across industries are choosing and why.

API security breaches have reached a crisis point, with 57% of organizations experiencing API-related breaches in the past two years. Only 13% of organizations can prevent more than 50% of API attacks, while 84% of security professionals experienced an API security incident in the past year. The average cost to remediate API incidents was $591,404 in the United States, increasing to $832,801 in the financial services sector.