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Healthcare Regulation Brief
The HIPAA Security Rule overhaul slipped again, and the 240-day compliance window is the part nobody reads. Where the rule stands and what it will demand.
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Compliance and Risk
Where audit requirements and actual security diverge, how to read severity scoring honestly, and what evidence an assessor will accept as proof.
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One Phishing Test a Year Is a Compliance Artifact, Not a Security Control
One phishing simulation a year measures a single day with a single pretext. Why cadence beats the annual checkbox, and which metric is worth reporting.
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The First AI-Run Ransomware Attack Is Here. What It Actually Means.
Researchers documented JadePuffer, the first known ransomware attack run end to end by an AI agent. What it actually demonstrates, and what it does not.
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Five Questions to Ask Before You Trust a Vendor With Your Data
Every supplier you onboard makes their security part of yours. Five questions to ask before handing over a login, an integration, or a copy of your data.
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Shadow AI: The Hidden Security Risk Your Employees Are Already Creating
Your staff already use AI tools you have not approved, exactly as they once used Dropbox. What is genuinely at risk, and why blocking it does not work.
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Most Attacks Don’t Beat Your Defenses. They Walk Through the Update You Didn’t Install.
Most breaches are not clever. They come through an unpatched update, an unlocked screen, or an unencrypted disk. Three boring controls that do the work.
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Penetration Testing Is No Longer a Checkbox. It’s a Business Risk Control.
Test, receive a report, fix the criticals, file the PDF, repeat next year. Why that cycle stopped being good enough, and what retesting should look like.
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The 95/32 Problem: Why Most Enterprises Are Pentesting Just Enough to Fail
If 95% of your estate is a priority and 32% of it is tested, you do not have a program, you have a bet. Where the gap comes from and how it widens.
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THE END OF THE ANNUAL PENTEST
The annual penetration test satisfied compliance and reassured boards for a decade. The numbers now say that model has been overtaken. What replaces it.
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The clock is running out — and pentesting is no longer optional
Attackers used to give you a month to patch and now give you five days, while regulators remove the choice about testing. What good looks like in 2026.
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Security vs Compliance: Why Passing an Audit Isn’t the Same as Being Secure
Compliance verifies that controls exist. Security verifies they hold. Here is where the gap opens up, and why breached organizations were often fully certified.
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When “Low Severity” Becomes High Impact: The Limits of Vulnerability Risk Management
Attackers chain low-severity findings into serious compromise. Why severity scores rank issues badly on their own, and what to prioritise instead.
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CVSS v4 vs CVSS 3.1 - What's New and Improved
CVSS v4 changes how severity is scored, and what your reports will look like. What is new, what improved, and how to read the two versions side by side.
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The 5 Things to Do This Quarter to Prepare for 2026 Cyber Threats
The most damaging incidents are quiet ones built for leverage. Five things worth doing this quarter, in the order that reduces the most risk soonest.
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AI Changed the Rules: The Threats You Need to Model in 2026
Data poisoning, adversarial input, prompt injection, and model extraction. The five AI threats worth modelling once AI is embedded in how the business runs.
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Why Penetration Testing Is No Longer Optional: Lessons from the SharePoint Breach
A critical SharePoint flaw let attackers run code with no password at all. What the breach revealed about relying on vendor patches and nothing else.
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Emerging Cyber Threats: Preparing Your Organization for the Future
Threats that were theoretical a few years ago are routine now. How the landscape has shifted, and the preparation that survives the next shift too.
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TSA’s Proposed Cybersecurity Rule for the Transportation Sector – The Need for Penetration Testing
The TSA’s proposed rule puts pipeline, rail, and bus operators under real cybersecurity obligations. What it asks for, and where testing fits the requirements.
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AI-Enhanced Reconnaissance: Fueling Sophisticated Security Breaches
Compliance frameworks and penetration testing answer different questions. Where the two meet, and how testing supports a regulatory posture, not replaces it.
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Beyond the Breach: The Essential Role of Regular Penetration Testing in Safeguarding Organizational Reputation
The Clorox cyberattack cost far more than remediation. Why reputational damage outlasts the incident, and where regular testing changes the outcome.
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Data Privacy Day
Data privacy is not the same as data security, and the difference matters when regulators ask. What personal data you hold, and the steps to protect it.
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OWASP Top Ten – Insufficient Logging & Monitoring
The OWASP entry nobody notices is missing until an incident, when there is nothing to investigate with. What to log, what to watch, and free tools to start.
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