The Board Is Asking The Wrong Security Question
I have sat in boardrooms where the disconnect is palpable. While cybercrime costs hit $10.5 trillion, only 8% of directors view security as a strategic threat.…
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Fighting Fire With Fire: Future-Proofing The Cybersecurity Workforce With AI
Imagine spending four years earning a cybersecurity or computer science degree only to realize that entry-level roles demand more than two years of experience. Consider…
Why Vulnerability Scanning Is Not Penetration Testing, And Why Cisos Should Care
If your organisation runs quarterly vulnerability scans and calls it penetration testing, you are not alone. According to a 2025 SANS Institute survey, over 60%…
Bouncing Back from Cyberattacks: How Fast Recovery Is Mastered
In a landmark survey of large enterprises by The Register / Blocks & Files last year, approximately 56% of enterprises with 10,000+ employees surveyed said…
Transitioning from the FFIEC CAT: Framework Selection and Cyber Risk Readiness
The FFIEC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) CAT (Cybersecurity Assessment Tool)served as a benchmark for financial institutions to gauge and enhance their cybersecurity defenses. The…
Inside RSAC 2026 – Cyber Defense Magazine
Hello San Francisco San Francisco was electric once again as the cybersecurity world converged for RSAC 2026. Between the non-stop energy and innovations, one thing…
Redefining Security Operations Through Seceon’s Open Threat Management Platform
The cybersecurity landscape of 2026 is defined by a brutal paradox. Organizations are spending more on security than ever before, yet breach costs and complexity…
RSAC 2026: The Power of Community
Last month, I attended my first security conference: RSAC 2026. The conference took place March 23-26 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. I…
Securing The AI-Enabled Workforce: The Next Evolution Of Human Risk Management
Human-initiated cybersecurity incidents are now the leading cause of breaches, with 74% of all incidents involving the human element. This reflects a fundamental shift: cybersecurity is no…
The Insurance Industry Is Rewriting Cybersecurity Strategy
Why the Economics of Cyber Risk Are Changing How Organizations Think About Cybersecurity Cybersecurity used to be a technology problem. Today it is becoming an…
From Threat Detection To Decision Intelligence: Rethinking Modern Cyber Defense
The Illusion of Progress in Cyber Defence Certainly, cyber defense has achieved an irrefutable advancement over the last ten years. The number of security tools being deployed by organisations, large amounts of…
60% Of Cyberattacks Are Identity Based — Is Identity First A Bad Idea?
For years, cybersecurity has shifted from network perimeters to identity first approaches. Zero Trust calls for verifying identity before every access, and the industry embraced…