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MAY 28, 2025

Reactive security isnt just outdated its become a liability. Attackers have figured out how to weaponize speed, and defenders are struggling to keep pace. Related: Mastering adversary emulation At RSAC 2025 , I spoke with Derek Manky , Chief Security Strategist and Global VP of Threat Intelligence at Fortinets FortiGuard Labs, about how and why the game has changed and what defenders can do to adapt.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 22, 2025

Cary, NC. May 22, 2025, CyberNewswire — INE Security , a global leader in Cybersecurity training and certifications, has announced a strategic partnership with Abadnet Institute for Training , a Riyadh-based leader in specialized Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Networking training. The collaboration leverages INE Security’s internationally recognized cybersecurity training content and Abadnet’s established presence in the Saudi Arabian market to deliver comprehensive

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 22, 2025

Miami, Fla., May 22, 2025, CyberNewsWire — Halo Security , a leading provider of attack surface management and penetration testing services, today announced it has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance following a comprehensive audit by Insight Assurance. This certification validates that Halo Security’s security controls and practices are properly designed and implemented to meet the SOC 2 trust principles. “Security isn’t a destination; it’s a continuous j

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2025

Dover, Del., May 21, 2025, CyberNewswire — Attaxion , the external attack surface management (EASM) vendor with industry-leading asset coverage, announces the integration of the European Vulnerability Database (EUVD) into its platform. Operated by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the EUVD is a publicly accessible vulnerability repository developed in response to the NIS2 Directive.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2025

Palo Alto, Calif., May 21, 2025 DataHub, by Acryl Data, the leading open source metadata platform, today announced it has raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This latest round brings the company’s total funding to $65 million, enabling accelerated development of its context management platform that provides discovery, observability, and control across data, AI models, and AI agents.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2025

A quiet but consequential shift is underway in enterprise workspace security. The browser has effectively become the new operating system of business. Related: Gartner’s enterprise browser review It didnt happen all at once. But as SaaS took over, remote work went mainstream, and generative AI entered the picture, the browser quietly assumed a central role.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2025

The SOC has long been the enterprises first line of defense. But despite years of investment in threat feeds and automation platforms, the same question persists: why does intelligence still struggle to translate into timely action? Related: IBM makes the AI speed argument for SOCs The 2023 disclosure of Volt Typhoon was a case in point. Despite a 47-page CISA advisory, breaches linked to the actor continued for months.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 15, 2025

Small businesses make up 90% of all companies worldwide and account for half of global GDP. Yet despite their importance, many lack the cybersecurity expertise and resources to fend off a rising tide of digital threats. Related: Protecting lateral networks in SMBs Rich in sensitive data and often connected to larger supply chains, small businesses have become prime targets for attackers.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2025

Cary, NC, May 14, 2025, CyberNewswire — INE Security , a global leader in hands-on cybersecurity training and certifications, today highlighted how ongoing real-world practice with the latest CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is essential for transforming security teams from reactive to proactive defenders. With over 26,000 new CVEs documented in the past year, security teams are drowning in vulnerability alerts while facing exploit windows that have compressed to hours in many c

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

Cary, NC, May 13, 2025, CyberNewswire –Fresh from a high-impact presence at RSAC 2025, where INE Security welcomed thousands of visitors to its interactive booth at San Franciscos Moscone Center, the global cybersecurity training and certification provider is addressing some of the top cybersecurity priorities emerging from the industry-leading event.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 13, 2025

The cybersecurity landscape has never moved faster and the people tasked with defending it have never felt more exposed. Related: How real people are really using GenAI Todays Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) operate in a pressure cooker: responsible for protecting critical assets, expected to show up in the boardroom with fluency, yet rarely granted the authority, resources or organizational alignment to succeed.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 6, 2025

The response to our first LastWatchdog Strategic Reel has been energizing and telling. Related: What is a cyber kill chain? The appetite for crisp, credible insight is alive and well. As the LinkedIn algo picked up steam and auto-captioning kicked in, it became clear that this short-form format resonates. Not just because its fast but because it respects the intelligence of the audience.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 6, 2025

As organizations brace for the rising tide of machine identities and prepare for a post-quantum cryptographic era, a quiet but crucial shift is underway in the financial sector: the deployment of a new, private PKI standard designed specifically to meet bankings complex operational and compliance needs. Related: Why crypto-agility is a must have Sinha While the web-based PKI systemgoverned by browsers and certificate authoritieshas served the public internet well, its limitations are becoming ev

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2025

Every year at RSAC, the cybersecurity conversation swells with new terms, emerging threats, and fresh takes on familiar problems. What exactly is ‘agentic AI?’ At RSAC 2025, the volume knob turned to AI its potential, its peril, and its increasingly complex role in enterprise defense. But behind the keynote gloss, what often resonates most are the quiet, clear insights from those closest to the work.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO The cybersecurity industry showed up here in force last week: 44,000 attendees, 730 speakers, 650 exhibitors and 400 members of the media flooding Moscone Convention Center in the City by the Bay. Related: RSAC 2025 by the numbers Beneath the cacophony of GenAI-powered product rollouts, the signal that stood out was subtler: a broadening consensus that artificial intelligence especially the agentic kind isnt going away.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO Sometimes, the best insights come not from the keynote stage, but from the hotel lobby. Related: RSAC 2025 top takeaways In between sessions at RSAC 2025 , I slipped over to the Marriott lobby and held quick, off-the-cuff interviews with a handful of cybersecurity vendors each doing something genuinely different, often radical, to help organizations shore up digital defenses.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2025

Frankfurt, Apr.30, 2025, CyberNewswire Link11 , DOSarrest, and Reblaze have combined their strengths into a single, integrated platform with a new brand identity. The result: a consistent user experience, maximum efficiency, and seamless security. As a European provider, Link11 addresses the current business risks associated with geopolitical uncertainties and growing compliance requirements.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2025

San Francisco, Calif., Apr 29, 2025, CyberNewswire — SecAI , an AI-enriched threat intelligence company, made its official debut today at RSA Conference 2025 in San Francisco, marking the companys first public appearance on the global cybersecurity stage. At the event, the SecAI team is showcasing the latest version of its platform to security professionals from around the world.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2025

With RSAC kicking off next week, the conversation is shiftingliterally. Cybersecurity pros are rethinking how shift left applies not just to code, but to enterprise risk. Related: Making sense of threat detection In this Fireside Chat, I spoke with John DiLullo , CEO of Deepwatch , who makes a compelling case for how Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is filling that role.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2025

Toronto, Canada, Apr. 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — Windscribe , a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the service.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO RSAC 2025 kicks off today at Moscone Center, with more than 40,000 cybersecurity pros, tech executives, and policy leaders gathering to chart the future of digital risk management. Related: RSAC 2025’s full agenda One dominant undercurrent is already clear: GenAI isnt coming. Its here embedded in enterprise security architectures, compliance tools, risk models, employee workflows.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 27, 2025

By Byron V. Acohido SAN FRANCISCO — The first rule of reporting is to follow the tension linesthe places where old assumptions no longer quite hold. Related: GenAI disrupting tech jobs Ive been feeling that tension lately. Just arrived in the City by the Bay. Trekked here with some 40,000-plus cyber security pros and company execs striving heading to RSAC 2025 at Moscone Center.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2025

APIs have become foundational to digital business operations, serving as the behind-the-scenes glue that connects apps, platforms and partners. Related: OWASPs Top 10 Web App Security Risks But this growing reliance has opened a new front in cybersecurityone where attackers are quietly exploiting weaknesses buried deep in business logic. In this RSAC Fireside Chat , I spoke with Jamison Utter , Security Evangelist at A10 Networks , who underscored how the expanding API ecosystem has far outpaced

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

As enterprises brace for a new wave of stealthy intrusions so-called Typhoon attacks security leaders are doubling down on network intelligence that goes beyond surface-level alerts. Related: What is NDR? In this RSAC 2025 Fireside Chat, I sat down with Corelight CEO Brian Dye to unpack how Network Detection and Response (NDR) is helping defenders cut through the noise and get to ground truth.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2025

As RSAC 2025 convenes next week in San Francisco, digital trust is poised to take center stage. Related: PKI and the IoT cloud One quiet but consequential development now taking root in the financial sector could prove pivotal: the emergence of a dedicated Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) framework, tailored to banks and payment networks, guided by the Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9), and being rolled out by DigiCert.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2025

Its no secret that cyber criminals go after data. Whats often overlooked is shoring up direct protection where that data typically resides: in enterprise storage systems. Thats beginning to change. Related: The data storage economy Enterprise storage security has moved to the front burner. The emerging best practice is to approach it as a core component of disaster recoveryintegrating perimeter and cloud detection with forensic mechanisms at the storage layer itself.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

A new study by the Ponemon Institute points to a concerning use of AI: deepfake attacks are on the rise and are taking a financial and reputational toll on companies and their executives. Related: Tools to fight deepfakes Deepfake Deception: How AI Harms the Fortunes and Reputations of Executives and Corporations details the results of a recent independent Ponemon survey of 586 U.S. security professionals, highlighting a few worrisome findings: Deepfake risks increasingly target vulnerable board

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2025

Cybercriminals are moving faster than ever, exploiting implicit trust within networks to spread ransomware and execute supply chain attacks. Related: Protecting cloud assets with microsegmentation In response, microsegmentation is gaining momentum as a key cybersecurity strategyone that could take center stage as RSAC 2025 gets underway next week at San Franciscos Moscone Center.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2025

Just hours before it was set to expire on April 16, the federal contract funding MITREs stewardship of the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) program was given a temporary extension by CISA. Related: Brian Krebs’ take on MITRE funding expiring This averted an immediate shutdown, but it didnt solve the underlying problem. Far from it. The system that underpins vulnerability disclosurethe nervous system of cybersecurity risk managementis showing signs of structural fatigue.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2025

Palo Alto, Calif, Apr. 16, 2025, CyberNewswire — SquareX researchers Jeswin Mathai and Audrey Adeline will be disclosing a new class of data exfiltration techniques at BSides San Francisco 2025. Titled Data Splicing Attacks: Breaking Enterprise DLP from the Inside Out , the talk will demonstrate multiple data splicing techniques that will allow attackers to exfiltrate any sensitive file or clipboard data, completely bypassing major Data Loss Protection (DLP) vendors listed by Gartner by ex

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2025

Last Friday morning, April 11, I was making my way home from NTT Researchs Upgrade 2025 innovation conference in San Francisco, when it struck me that were at a watershed moment. I was reflecting on NTTs newly launched Physics of Artificial Intelligence Lab when a GeekWire article crossed my LinkedIn feed, touting a seemingly parallel initiative by Amazon.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2025

Miami, FL, Apr. 14, 2025Today, AcceleTrex Corporation officially emerged from stealth, unveiling a first-of-its-kind platform that transforms expert referrals into a powerful growth engine for innovators. Grounded in the belief that genuine relationships drive meaningful results, AcceleTrex combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Actual Intelligence the practical expertise of Market Experts to provide genuine Actionable Intelligence that accelerates smarter solutions.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2025

Cary, NC, Apr. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire — Defense contractors are facing increased pressure to meet the Department of Defense’s stringent Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 requirements ahead of 2025 compliance deadlines. INE Security , a leading global provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, is highlighting how hands-on cybersecurity labs are proving critical for organizations seeking to achieve compliance efficiently and effectively.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2025

TOKYO, Apr. 10, 2025 Today, NTT Corporation ( NTT ) announced a new, large-scale integration (LSI) for the real-time AI inference processing of ultra-high-definition video up to 4K resolution and 30 frames per second (fps). This low-power technology is designed for edge and power-constrained terminal deployments in which conventional AI inferencing requires the compression of ultra-high-definition video for real-time processing.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO If large language AI models are shaping our digital reality, then whoexactlyis shaping those models? And how the heck are they doing it? Related: What exactly is GenAI? Those are the questions Dr. Hidenori Tanaka wants to answer in an effort to put GenAI on solid scientific footing. And its the guiding ethos behind NTT Researchs launch of its newly spun-out Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group , which Tanaka will lead as founding director.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2025

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Apr. 9, 2025, CyberNewswire — Gcore , the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has launched Super Transit, a cutting-edge DDoS protection and acceleration feature, designed to safeguard enterprise infrastructure while delivering lightning-fast connectivity. This comes as organizations face a 56% year-on-year increase in high-volume, complex DDoS attacks that disrupt operations, increase latency, and compromise network security.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2025

For decades, a handful of tech giants have shaped digital infrastructureand, with it, how businesses and governments manage data, security, and connectivity. Related: Practical uses for edge computing Now, the rise of distributed edge computing is being touted as a potential game-changerpushing processing power closer to users, improving security, and redistributing control over digital assets.

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