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AI Security

Staff Using AI Are Now the Loudest Signal on Company Security Screens

Security teams say the fastest-growing warnings on their screens now come from staff using AI, not from hackers attacking it.

4 min read
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AI Security

AI Agents Are Breaking the Security Model Enterprises Spent a Decade Building

Zero trust was supposed to be the answer to modern cyber risk. Agentic AI may have quietly made it obsolete.

5 min read
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AI Security

The 5% Problem: How a Handful of AI Power Users Became the Riskiest People in Your Company

New Akamai research finds a small group of enthusiastic staff are quietly wiring untested AI tools into serious business systems, and security teams are watching the wrong crowd.

4 min read
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AI Security

The browser is the new endpoint, and AI just made everyone notice

AI chatbots didn't invent the problem of data leaking through web browsers. They just made it impossible for security teams to keep pretending it wasn't there.

5 min read
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Policy & Regulation

European Workers Trust Their Collaboration Tools. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

A new survey finds that most IT leaders in the UK, France and Germany feel confident about how securely their teams share information at work. But the same survey shows files staying open too long, consumer apps slipping in through the back door, and fewer than a third of organisations using a secure channel for outside partners.

3 min read
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AI Security

CIOs Are Running AI Governance Without a Playbook — and the Clock Is Running

Boards want AI returns. Employees want access. Compliance teams want guardrails. The CIO is caught between all three.

3 min read
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