Security awareness tips, industry news, and product updates.
Security budget growth has slowed to a five-year low, and every line item now needs hard numbers behind it. Here is the ROI evidence CISOs and MSPs can use to defend - and grow - the human risk budget this planning season.
Every other EU AI Act headline in 2026 has been about delay, but the Article 4 AI-literacy duty was never postponed. It has applied since February 2025, and from early August 2026 national authorities gain the powers to enforce it. Here is how to build a defensible program.
The Digital Omnibus postponed the AI Act's high-risk regime, but the Article 50 transparency duties applied on schedule from 2 August 2026. Chatbot disclosure, deepfake labeling, and emotion-recognition notices are now enforceable, and security teams have work to do.
KnowBe4's 2026 industry benchmark puts the untrained phishing click rate at 33.2 percent - and shows a year of continuous training cuts it to 4.2 percent. Here is how to benchmark your own organization.
North Korean operatives are using deepfakes and synthetic identities to get hired at Western firms. Unit 42 built a convincing fake candidate in about 70 minutes. Here is how to vet remote hires.
Annual compliance training looks tidy on a spreadsheet, but the forgetting curve erases most of it within weeks. Here is why continuous, adaptive security awareness training drives durable behavior change.
The EU AI Act is no longer theoretical. From the AI-literacy duty to deepfake transparency rules, here is what security and awareness teams need to act on now.
Qilin led ransomware activity in early 2026 as groups shift from encryption to pure data extortion. The constant across nearly every attack is the human layer. Here is what CISOs should do.
Hidden instructions in a web page, email, or document can hijack an AI assistant into leaking data or taking actions on your behalf. It's OWASP's #1 LLM risk - and it grows as AI agents gain access.
One compromised chatbot integration exposed 700+ organizations through stolen OAuth tokens. The Salesloft Drift attack shows why third-party access is now your biggest blind spot.
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report tallies a record $20.9 billion in losses, with business email compromise close to the top. Here's what the numbers mean and the controls that actually help.
Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report puts the human element in 62% of breaches and confirms attackers are pivoting to mobile and the browser. Here's what it means for your awareness program.