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  1. Every in-house tool is a startup with one customer, no support team, and a founder who has a day job. #TechDebt #SecurityLeadership #CyberSecurity

  2. A secsolutionforum Ligotti Academy - Human Performance Lab: la Security protegge l’impresa. Ma chi prepara l’impresa a evolvere?: A secsolutionforum 2026, il 7 e 8 ottobre prossimi a BolognaFiere, Ligotti Academy Human Performance Lab presentera’ la propria Faculty e un modello formativo...
    #secsolutionforum #LigottiAcademy–HumanPerformanceLab #SecurityLeadership #AIGovernance #welfare dlvr.it/TVY4Y3

  3. New article: When AI Hallucinations Turn Into Phishing Infrastructure — An examination of how AI hallucinations are reshaping phishing tactics and expanding attacker toolkits. This piece covers attacker techniques, practical mitigations, and detection priorities for security teams and executives. Read the full post: wix.to/UHfPXOu

    #AI
    #Phishing
    #ThreatIntel
    #Cybersecurity
    #RiskManagement
    #SecurityLeadership

  4. 🎙️ New FIRST Impressions Podcast Episode: John Hollenberger (Fortinet)

    Recorded live at FIRSTCON26, John Hollenberger of Fortinet explores how organizations can make tabletop exercises more realistic, and ultimately more valuable.

    In this episode, John introduces ChaosStack, an approach that recreates the stress, competing priorities, and decision fatigue teams experience during real cyber incidents. The discussion explores how better exercises lead to stronger teamwork, better decision-making, and greater organizational resilience.

    As a Founding Supporter and Launch Partner of the *FIRST CORE Program*, Fortinet's commitment extends beyond technology to strengthening cybersecurity capacity around the world. Through FIRST CORE, supporters help expand incident response capabilities, education, and community building in regions where resources are limited—helping make the global cybersecurity community stronger together.

    🎧 Listen now for practical insights on preparing your team for the moments that matter most.
    media.first.org/podcasts/FIRST

    #FIRSTCON26 #FIRSTImpressions #Cybersecurity #IncidentResponse #TabletopExercises #Fortinet #FIRSTCORE #CyberResilience #SecurityLeadership

  5. 🎙️New FIRST Impressions Podcast Episode: Tim Brown (Team8)

    Recorded live at #FIRSTCON26 following his opening keynote, Tim Brown, CISO-in-Residence at Team8 and former SolarWinds CISO, shares an incredibly candid conversation about leading through one of cybersecurity's most consequential incidents.

    From the technical realities of incident response to the often-overlooked human impact of prolonged crisis, Tim discusses resilience, recovery, leadership, and why taking care of your team is just as important as protecting your infrastructure.

    Whether you're an incident responder, security leader, or simply interested in the people behind cybersecurity, this episode offers thoughtful lessons that extend far beyond technology.

    🎧 Tune in to hear one of FIRSTCON26's keynote speakers reflect on leadership, resilience, and finding growth through adversity.

    media.first.org/podcasts/FIRST

    #FIRSTCON26 #FIRSTImpressions #Cybersecurity #IncidentResponse #Leadership #Team8 #CISO #Resilience #SecurityLeadership

  6. When an executive rejects a security recommendation, it's worth asking what would need to change for a different answer. That question reveals constraints we didn't see and persuasion paths we didn't consider.

    zeltser.com/rejected-security-

    #cybersecurity #securityleadership #CISO #infosec

  7. A practical rubric by Ben Vierck lets SaaS vendors assess their product strategy against AI-driven commoditization. Applied to cybersecurity, it reveals where a strategy holds and where it needs work.

    zeltser.com/scoring-security-p

    #cybersecurity #infosec #productmanagement #AI #securityleadership

  8. Every zero trust rollout I've seen starts the same way. Board meeting. Vendor briefing. Budget line. Working group. And everyone quietly assuming they're running a technology project.

    They're not.
    jimguckin.com/2026/04/29/what-

    #ZeroTrust #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #SecurityLeadership

  9. Agentic AI represents a paradigm shift in cyber threats — autonomous agents can scale attacks, exploit identity systems, and bypass many existing controls. This article breaks down the tactical and strategic implications and offers mitigation guidance for security leaders. Read more: wix.to/bcyQWwD

    #AI
    #AgenticAI
    #CyberRisk
    #InformationSecurity
    #SecurityLeadership

  10. AI is making commodity software nearly free to produce, exposing security vendors without real moats. Feature lists stopped being a reliable signal of which products will hold their position as commoditization sorts the market. If you were anxious about "SaaSpocalypse," here's a practical way to understand and handle it:

    A seven-dimension rubric from Ben Vierck scores software products from 1 to 3 across each dimension. Three cybersecurity-specific dynamics raise scores for products with compounding defensibility. For example, an EDR platform with a shared data layer can score 20 out of 21 because its dimensions reinforce each other. Enterprise buyers generate telemetry that sharpens detection, which strengthens the compliance posture that attracts the next buyer.

    Product managers and founders can apply the rubric to their own product, while buyers can apply it to their vendor shortlist. A low score names a dimension that needs investment, or a vendor likely to be bundled, absorbed, or replaced. Running the exercise honestly identifies the gaps worth examining.

    zeltser.com/scoring-security-p

    #cybersecurity #infosec #productmanagement #AI #securityleadership

  11. Now you can receive my blog posts via email. Go ahead and sign up: zeltser.com/newsletter

    I've enjoyed writing more frequently and deeply than I have in recent years, and I'm glad to have more ways to get those articles in front of readers who want them.

    All of my posts will continue to reside on my site, but I want to make it easy for people to read them in a way that works for them, whether on social media, in their RSS reader, or in their email inbox.

    I decided to maintain my own website and newsletter platform rather than using services such as Medium and Substack so I can shape the reading experience and keep it free of paywalls and ads.

    #infosec #cybersecurity #securityleadership

  12. We invest hours analyzing a security risk, and that effort makes us overvalue the recommendation. An executive who hasn't shared that analysis weighs the same risk differently, and they might be right.

    zeltser.com/rejected-security-

    #cybersecurity #securityleadership #CISO #infosec

  13. Ownership gets assigned all the time.
    Accountability? That’s a different story.

    New article:
    Ownership Was Assigned… Accountability Is Another Story

    jimguckin.com/2026/04/08/owner

    #CyberSecurity #RiskManagement #SecurityLeadership #Governance

  14. As we automate more security work, stakeholders trust what they can see. Making them feel secure is as much our job as making them secure.

    zeltser.com/importance-of-feel

    #cybersecurity #infosec #securityleadership

  15. When DevOps overwhelmed security reviews, the same velocity let teams patch in minutes instead of waiting for quarterly releases. Vibe coding by non-developers is the next shift where that speed works in our favor.

    zeltser.com/security-governanc

    #cybersecurity #infosec #securityleadership #AI

  16. We adapted security governance to SaaS adoption and DevOps velocity. Vibe coding by non-developers is the next comparable shift, and those transitions give us a starting approach, even though the timeline is shorter.

    zeltser.com/security-governanc

    #cybersecurity #infosec #securityleadership #AI

  17. Every organization has a “Mike.”

    The one who knows how everything works.

    That’s not a strength. That’s a risk.

    New article: When Security Architecture Depends on Tribal Knowledge

    jimguckin.com/2026/03/19/when-

    #CyberSecurity #SecurityArchitecture #InfoSec #SecurityLeadership

  18. Liat Hayun, SVP Product Management at Tenable, on ownership and exposure:
    Remove “someone should fix this.”

    Adopt “I am the only one who will fix this.”
    “A vulnerability in a vacuum is just a line of code.”

    Security teams are drowning in signals. Context defines actionability.

    Read: technadu.com/from-national-sec

    #WomenInCyber #ExposureManagement #SecurityLeadership #LeadHerInSecurity #Tenable

  19. Joiner. Mover. Leaver.

    Looks clean on paper.

    But the real risk lives in the gaps no one owns.

    New article on identity lifecycle gaps and why they matter:
    jimguckin.com/2026/02/25/the-h

    #CyberSecurity #IAM #InfoSec #SecurityLeadership

  20. This Punchbowl Phish Is Bypassing 90% Of Email Filters Right Now

    997 words, 5 minutes read time.

    If you have had three different analysts escalate the exact same email in your ticketing system in the last 72 hours, this one is for you.

    This is not a Nigerian prince scam. This is not a fake Amazon order. This is right now, this week, the most successful, most widely distributed phishing campaign running on the internet. And almost nobody is talking about just how good it is.

    What this scam actually is

    You get an email. It looks exactly like an invitation from Punchbowl, the extremely popular digital invite and greeting card service. There’s no misspelled logo. There’s no broken grammar. There is absolutely nothing that jumps out as fake.

    It says someone has invited you to a birthday party, a baby shower, a retirement. At the very bottom, there is one single line that almost everyone misses:

    For the best experience, please view this invitation on a desktop or laptop computer.

    If you click the link, you do not get an invitation. You get malware. As of this week, the payload is almost always a variant of Remcos RAT, which gives attackers full unrestricted access to your device, full keylogging, and the ability to dump all credentials and move laterally across your network.

    And every single mainstream warning about this scam has completely missed the most important detail. That line about the desktop? That is not a throwaway line. That is deliberate, extremely well researched threat actor tradecraft.

    Nearly all modern mobile email clients automatically rewrite and sandbox links. Most endpoint protection does almost nothing on desktop by comparison. The attackers know this. They are actively telling you to defeat your own security for them. And it works.

    Why this is an absolute nightmare for security teams

    Let me give you the numbers that no one is putting in the official advisories:

    • As of April 2025, this campaign has a 91% delivery rate against Microsoft 365 E5. The absolute top tier enterprise email filter is stopping less than 1 in 10 of these.
    • Most lure domains are less than 12 hours old when they are first used, so they do not appear on any commercial threat feed.
    • This is not just targeting consumers. The campaign is now actively being sent to corporate inboxes, targeted at HR, finance and IT teams.
    • Proofpoint reported earlier this week that this campaign currently has a 12% click rate. For context, the average phish has a click rate of 0.8%.

    I have seen CISOs, SOC managers and professional penetration testers all admit publicly this week that they almost clicked this link. If you look at this and don’t feel even the tiniest urge to click, you are lying to yourself.

    This is what good phishing looks like. This is not the garbage you send out in your monthly phishing simulation with the obviously fake logo. This is the stuff that actually works.

    How to not get burned

    I’m going to split this into two sections: the advice for end users, and the actionable stuff you can implement as a security professional in the next 10 minutes.

    For everyone

    • Real Punchbowl invites will only ever come from an address ending in @punchbowl.com. There are no exceptions. If it comes from anywhere else, delete it immediately.
    • Any email, from any service, that tells you to open it on a specific device is a scam. Full stop. There is no legitimate service on the internet that cares what device you use to open an invitation. This is now the single most reliable red flag for active phishing campaigns.
    • Do not go to Punchbowl’s website to “check if the invite is real”. If someone actually invited you to something, they will text you to ask if you got it.

    For SOC Analysts and Security Teams

    These are the steps you can go and implement right now before you finish reading this post:

    1. Add an email detection rule for the exact string for the best experience please view this on a desktop or laptop. At time of writing this rule has a 0% false positive rate.
    2. Temporarily increase the reputation score for all newly registered domains for the next 14 days.
    3. Add this exact lure to your phishing simulation program immediately. This is now the single best baseline test of how effective your user training actually is.
    4. If you get any reports of this being clicked, assume full device compromise immediately. Do not waste time triaging. Isolate the host.

    Closing Thought

    The worst part about this scam is how predictable it is. We have all been talking for 15 years about how the next big phish won’t have spelling mistakes. We all said it will look perfect. It will be something you actually expect. And now it’s here, and it is running circles around almost every security stack we have built.

    If you see this email, report it. If you are on shift right now, go push that detection rule. And for the love of god, stop laughing at people who almost clicked it.

    Call to Action

    If this breakdown helped you think a little clearer about the threats out there, don’t just click away. Subscribe for more no-nonsense security insights, drop a comment with your thoughts or questions, or reach out if there’s a topic you want me to tackle next. Stay sharp out there.

    D. Bryan King

    Sources

    Disclaimer:

    The views and opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the author. The information provided is based on personal research, experience, and understanding of the subject matter at the time of writing. Readers should consult relevant experts or authorities for specific guidance related to their unique situations.

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  21. The U.S. is reframing cyber strategy from pure resilience to coordinated deterrence.
    At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, Sean Cairncross outlined a whole-of-government cyber approach integrating law enforcement, offensive capabilities, diplomacy, and industry collaboration.

    Key focus areas:
    • Raising attacker cost calculus
    • Enhanced public-private intel sharing
    • Addressing nation-state & ransomware ecosystems
    • Promoting a “clean” allied tech stack

    Is deterrence achievable in cyberspace - or structurally limited?

    Source: therecord.media/us-wants-cyber

    Security leaders, weigh in below.
    Follow @technadu for strategic cyber intelligence.

    #InfoSec #CyberStrategy #ThreatIntelligence #CISO #CyberOperations #DigitalSovereignty #Ransomware #CyberPolicy #SecurityLeadership #CyberDeterrence

  22. Incident response isn’t a script.

    If your team is just following the playbook without true situational awareness, you might be running theater, not security.

    New article:
    jimguckin.com/2026/02/11/incid

    #CyberSecurity #IncidentResponse #SecurityLeadership #CyberResilience

  23. What if the CISO's real job is calibrating the right amount of insecurity? Information must flow. Apps must be used. Links must be clicked. To calibrate the right level of insecurity we should:

    1. Learn how fast the business wants to move.
    2. Define how much insecurity the organization can absorb.
    3. Measure the gap between current and acceptable insecurity.

    zeltser.com/chief-insecurity-o

    #infosec #cybersecurity #securityleadership #CISO

  24. Not all #AI belongs in security decision making, and that is where many teams go wrong.

    In this Brand Highlight, Sean Martin, CISSP is joined by Michael Roytman , CTO of Empirical Security, to talk about why purpose built models matter in preventative security. We cover prediction vs summarization, why retraining matters, and how data driven modeling changes security outcomes.

    🎥 Watch the full conversation here: youtu.be/2sH5PQMHna8

    Do you have a good story to tell?
    We would love to help!
    ✨ studioc60.com

    #cybersecurity #genai #machinelearning #riskmanagement #securityleadership #infosec #infosecurity

  25. Fake employees and compromised contractors are forcing organizations to rethink vendor vetting, hiring security, and identity controls.

    Our team is seeing more incidents where attackers don’t exploit vulnerabilities—they exploit trust. In the latest Cyberside Chats episode, @sherridavidoff and @MDurrin unpack Amazon’s recent incident in which a North Korean IT worker was detected through behavioral anomalies and a Russian state-sponsored campaign abusing trusted infrastructure and edge devices.

    Watch or listen to hear why hiring workflows, contractors, credentials, and edge devices are now part of your attack surface and what to do about it.

    Watch the video: youtu.be/WE8p9I3uUuA

    Listen to the podcast: chatcyberside.com/e/amazon-s-d

    #LMGSecurity #CybersideChats #IdentitySecurity #VendorRisk #InitialAccess #ZeroTrust #SecurityLeadership

  26. The SEC has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO after a judge previously rejected most of the arguments as reliant on hindsight. SolarWinds says the decision supports their position and may ease concerns among CISOs watching the case.

    What should future cybersecurity disclosure requirements look like?

    Share your perspective - and follow TechNadu for clear, unbiased reporting.

    #Cybersecurity #SolarWinds #SEC #Infosec #CISO #RiskManagement #CyberAwareness #TechNews #SecurityLeadership

  27. The White House says its updated national cyber strategy is nearly ready - focused on shaping adversary behavior, improving federal-industry coordination, and speeding up adoption of modern tech across agencies.

    The upcoming strategy will be concise, action-driven, and paired with immediate follow-up tasks.

    What’s your view on prioritizing consequence-based signaling in national cyber policy?
    Follow TechNadu for more detailed infosec reporting.

    #CyberStrategy #NationalCyberDefense #WhiteHouse #Infosec #CyberPolicy #SecurityLeadership #CyberReadiness

  28. More ITSPmagazine's Remote - yet amazing - CyberCon Melbourne Coverage!

    Sean Martin, CISSP and I reconnected with our friend Tim Brown, CISO at SolarWinds, who is keynoting the event talking about Leading Through Crisis, Trust, Context, and Resilience.

    Tim Brown's job changed overnight. December 11th, he was managing security operations at SolarWinds. December 12th, he was leading response to one of cybersecurity's most scrutinized incidents.

    We caught up with our longtime friend from New York and Florence to Melbourne ahead of his keynote at #AISA CyberCon. Tim became the first CISO ever charged by the SEC—a distinction nobody wants, but one that shaped his mission to help others prepare for their own crisis moments.

    What saved SolarWinds? Implicit trust. The war room team operated without second-guessing because relationships were built before December 2020.

    Tim's CIO handled deployment. Engineering investigated the build system. Marketing and legal managed their domains. Everyone knew their role.

    "400 engineers focused completely on security for six months in pure focus.

    When you say it with emotion, it conveys the real cost," Tim explains. Written communication failed during the incident. People needed to hear, to feel the weight of decisions in real time.

    Tim now mentors aspiring #CISOs through the RSA Conference CISO Bootcamp, teaching the non-technical aspects of security leadership: board communication, managing stress, building culture. He's candid about the toll—including a heart attack in Zurich the week his SEC charges were announced—and why finding your safe place isn't a luxury, it's survival.

    His CyberCon keynote covers incident response stages and how culture determines who steps up versus who runs away when crisis hits.

    Watch or listen:

    🎬 Full Interview: youtu.be/4jqx_IshhWI

    🎧 Podcast: itspradio.com/episodes/first-c

    🎬 Highlights: youtu.be/z5_GJEuBNdU

    Click here for the full coverage with more interviews with Jacqueline Jayne, Amberley Brady, and more to come!

    If you're leading security teams or aspiring to, Tim's lessons are essential. Build trust now, before you need it.

    #CISO #Leadership #IncidentResponse #Cybersecurity #CyberConMelbourne #SolarWinds #CrisisManagement #SecurityLeadership #infosec

  29. Why Your Security Team Needs Geographic Threat Intelligence Visualization 🗺️
    Traditional security dashboards show you WHAT happened, but not WHERE it's happening or HOW threats are connected geographically. Your SOC analysts are drowning in isolated alerts while missing the bigger picture - attack campaigns that span multiple IPs and locations. This geographic blind spot is costing companies millions in delayed detection and response times.
    🎯 Five Reasons to Use Geographic Threat Intelligence:
    Faster Incident Response - See attack patterns immediately, not after hours of analysis
    Better Resource Allocation - Focus security resources on high-risk geographic areas
    Enhanced Threat Hunting - Spot attack campaigns across multiple IPs and locations
    Improved Prioritization - Group related threats by geography and risk level
    Better Communication - Show executives the threat landscape visually
    Don't let your security team fight blind. Give them the geographic intelligence they need to win the battle against cyber threats.
    #Cybersecurity #ThreatIntelligence #SOC #IncidentResponse #SecurityOperations #CyberDefense #ThreatHunting #SecurityAnalytics #InfoSec #CyberThreats #SecurityTools #DataVisualization #SecurityInnovation #CyberAwareness #SecurityLeadership #RiskManagement #SecurityMonitoring #ThreatDetection #CyberResilience #SecurityStrategy

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  30. 🎙️ Catching Up With Ken Munro After Infosecurity Europe 2025 — Hack the Planet, One System at a Time

    This is our final On Location episode from Infosecurity Europe 2025, and I couldn’t think of a better way to wrap it than with Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners — a conversation that dives into real-world #hacking: from vehicles to planes to critical infrastructure, and why tangible, hands-on security education matters more than ever.

    ▶️ Watch the Video: youtu.be/5hgs01-RzjM?si=K0b9HQ

    🎧 Listen to the Podcast: on-location-with-sean-martin-a

    As we close the London chapter, we now go full throttle into Black Hat USA — our next stop for on-location coverage.

    If your company wants to join the ITSPmagazine coverage with a sponsored podcast or executive briefing, now’s the time.

    Only a few spots left.

    Book here itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa

    Or DM me or Sean Martin, CISSP Martin if you want in.

    #HackThePlanet #InfosecurityEurope #BlackHatUSA #Cybersecurity #PenTestPartners #OnLocation #Podcast #ITSPmagazine #SecurityLeadership #CyberAwareness #HackerMindset #DefconVibes #infosec2025

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