Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Avni Wala, Principal Developer – Arctic Wolf Laura Ellis, SVP Artificial Intelligence – Arctic Wolf Merin Eralil, Security Partner Solutions Architect – AWS Tim Sitze, Solutions Architect – AWS AI didn’t just make defenders faster. It made attackers faster too. The moment both sides got access to the same speed, speed stopped being the advantage. With speed no longer separating attackers from defenders, the deciding factor moved somewhere else.

There's a widespread assumption in enterprise security that identity is a problem IAM programs know how to solve. Provision the right access, enforce least privilege, audit the credential chain, and you've addressed the identity risk. For human users and traditional service accounts, that's approximately correct. For coding agents, it misses two-thirds of the problem. Coding agents don't have a single identity. They operate across a layered identity surface, and each layer carries its own risk profile.

Attackers are learning to target the moments when organisations are trying to be helpful, restoring access quickly while proving who deserves to be trusted again. Ajay Biyani, Senior Vice President, APJ, Securonix Identity conversations usually begin with the login because that is the moment everyone can see. It is where organisations concentrate passwords, MFA, device checks, and risk signals.

A board meeting agenda gives the CISO ten minutes to talk about AI. Walking in with a shadow AI tool count or a list of blocked prompts does not answer the question directors probably have: what happens if this goes wrong, and who is accountable when it does? Boards increasingly carry direct exposure for AI oversight failures, from regulatory scrutiny to shareholder litigation.

In a recent announcement, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) suspended Phase II of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. Since we’ve received questions from our customers about the announcement's impact, I’ve recapped the latest updates below. Remember to always consult your DoD contracts for the latest provisions and review these program updates with legal counsel, technology consultants, and third-party CMMC assessors, as appropriate.

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Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

We’ve been listening to dozens of CISOs. In roundtables, peer forums, customer and prospect calls, on the record, off the record, at event floors and dinners. And the same thing keeps coming up: the security program on paper and the one running in production are rarely the same. There’s a gap between security policy and reality.

Applications can change several times between scheduled security assessments. New features, APIs, and integrations may introduce risk long before the next annual penetration test begins. That gap is pushing offensive testing beyond a single tool or a single point-in-time engagement. Teams are increasingly combining Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), AI penetration testing, and AI red teaming to evaluate different layers of application risk.