Groupe Rocher CISO on strengthening a modern retail cybersecurity strategy

Global retail and beauty brands manage a unique cybersecurity balancing act. They depend on consumer trust, massive volumes of personal data, and a sprawling network of vendors, while also managing thousands of physical locations and dynamic digital gr… Continue reading Groupe Rocher CISO on strengthening a modern retail cybersecurity strategy

What happens when cybersecurity knowledge walks out the door

In this Help Net Security interview, Andrew Northern, Principal Security Researcher at Censys, explains why mentorship matters and what organizations risk losing when senior staff disengage. He argues that institutional memory and judgment under pressu… Continue reading What happens when cybersecurity knowledge walks out the door

United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

Aviation runs on complex digital systems built for stability, safety, and long lifecycles. That reality creates a unique cybersecurity challenge for airlines, where disruption can quickly become an operational and public trust crisis. In this Help Net … Continue reading United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable

Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform

Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity across the globe, pulling together open data feeds into a single interactive map. It visualizes indicators such as malware distribution, phishing… Continue reading Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform

When open science meets real-world cybersecurity

Scientific research environments are built for openness and collaboration, often prioritizing long-term discovery over traditional enterprise security. In this Help Net Security interview, Matthew Kwiatkowski, CISO at Fermilab, America’s particle… Continue reading When open science meets real-world cybersecurity

More employees get AI tools, fewer rely on them at work

People across many organizations now have access to AI tools, and usage keeps spreading. Some groups rely on AI during regular work, others treat it as an occasional helper. That gap between access and routine use sits at the center of new research fro… Continue reading More employees get AI tools, fewer rely on them at work

LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal

In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He explains how LinkedIn is extending professional identity beyond its platform to a… Continue reading LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal

CISO Assistant: Open-source cybersecurity management and GRC

CISO Assistant is an open-source governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform designed to help security teams document risks, controls, and framework alignment in a structured system. The community edition is maintained as a self-hosted tool for org… Continue reading CISO Assistant: Open-source cybersecurity management and GRC

Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA

Security teams that deal with connected devices often end up running long firmware scans overnight, checking progress in the morning, and trying to explain to colleagues why a single image consumed a workday of compute time. That routine sets the conte… Continue reading Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA