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Hired to Build, Judged on the Breach That Never Happened
The skills that land someone a CISO job are rarely the ones the board scores them on a year later. That gap is quietly ending careers.
A Local Housing Authority Lost $1 Million to Email Fraud. Here Is What It Did Next.
A cybersecurity consultant's account of how a small government agency rebuilt its defences after criminals silently rerouted a wire transfer offers a practical road map for the thousands of local bodies running on skeleton IT crews.
From Gatekeeper to Growth Partner: What the Modern CSO Role Actually Looks Like
Security chiefs who keep talking about firewalls while their peers talk about revenue will keep getting ignored. Here is what the shift to business-first security leadership looks like in practice.
AI Found Thousands of Flaws in Days. Humans Can't Patch Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos model discovered more security holes in major software than years of human review had caught. That's exciting for defenders and terrifying for everyone else, because the gap between finding a flaw and fixing it is already dangerously wide.
Burnout, Courage, and 'Good Enough': What One Top Security Chief Learned on the Way to the C-Suite
Ping Identity's CISO Russ Kirby opens up about the mindset that kept him going through a decade of high-pressure security roles, and what still worries him today.
98% of Cybersecurity Leaders Report Job Stress. The Fix Isn't More Hiring.
A major industry survey finds that stress among security chiefs has become the norm, not the exception. The real problem, argues one senior researcher, is a design flaw in how organisations treat the role itself.
The Cheapest Way to Beat an AI Security System Is to Read Its Rulebook
Confidence in autonomous hacking tools has collapsed. A researcher says the real problem runs deeper: the governance rules we write to keep AI security systems safe can become a weapon in an attacker's hands.
AI Finds Bugs Fast. Proving They're Real Still Takes a Human.
AI tools can scan code and spit out vulnerabilities at speed, but a finding is worthless until someone shows it actually works. Here's why that gap matters for anyone worried about software security.
RSnake's Case for a CISO Code of Ethics
Robert Hansen argues that kickbacks, no-show jobs, and shelfware deals aren't just embarrassing — they're a national security problem.
When the Trigger Pulls Itself: Agentic AI and the End of the Human-in-the-Loop
Every weapon in history extended a human decision. Agentic systems are the first that try to replace it — and the security implications are not theoretical.
When Every Finding Looks Urgent: The Case for Adversarial Exposure Validation
Visibility isn't the bottleneck anymore. Deciding what an actual operator would touch is.
Cybersecurity Never Built a Health Model. AI Just Made That Inexcusable.
Thirty years of reactive security looked fine when threats moved at human speed. They don't anymore.
The Gap Between the Tools Is Where Networks Break
More dashboards, more telemetry, more AI copilots — and outages still drag on for hours. The problem isn't visibility. It's the handoff.
Mythos Isn't Vapor: Inside the SAST Tool Quiet-Skeptics Are Starting to Believe
A short defense of a controversial static analysis startup, and what its findings actually look like under the hood.
Dark Reading Turns 20: The Name That Toon Caption Contest Is Back
A cybersecurity cartoon contest is a low-stakes way to mark two decades of covering an industry that never stops generating material.