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Autonomous AI Pentesters Arrive as the Patch Gap Widens
Attackers now exploit new flaws in about five days. The average company still takes six weeks to patch. Vendors say AI agents can close the gap. Regulators are starting to notice.

How Walmart's Security Chief Stopped Saying No and Started Saying 'Yes, and…'
Walmart's global head of security operations explains why friction is the enemy, why trust is the currency, and what the rest of the retail sector can learn from running cybersecurity at a company this size.

The US Government Just Changed How Agencies Must Fix Security Flaws. It Is Not Enough.
A new federal directive finally ties patch deadlines to real-world risk. Then AI rewrote the problem.

AI Is Finding Software Flaws Faster Than Companies Can Fix Them. Something Has to Change.
Security experts are calling time on the old 'scan once a month, patch when you can' model. Artificial intelligence now finds vulnerabilities faster than human teams can close them.

Frontier AI Is a Pressure Test, Not a New Threat Model
The arrival of capable AI models like Mythos changes attacker economics. It doesn't change which controls actually matter, and most organizations are still failing the old ones.