14 articles that week
Secure Reading, Friday, February 13th, 2026
Attackers rarely 'hack' systems directly anymore. Instead, they log in. Phishing, credential stuffing, password reuse, and data breaches have made passwords easy to steal and cheap to abuse.
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Security Boulevard, Friday, February 13th, 2026
A survey of 512 cybersecurity professionals finds 76% report that over half (54%) of the security incidents that occurred in the past 12 months involved some issue relating to identity management.
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Security Boulevard, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
In cybersecurity, we like to believe that leaders are created by better products, stronger execution, and higher revenue. That belief is incomplete.
more → Security Boulevard, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon, which provides cloud services such as computing power, storage, databases, networking, and automated intelligence. AWS replaces data centres, builds applications, and offers pay-as-you-go. The unique features of AWS are scalability, global infrastructure, security, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility.
more → Security Boulevard, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Over the last few weeks I published a post on the architectural and operational gaps that created the new wave of SIEM and AI SOC vendors. A bunch of people asked the same follow-up question: 'Ok, but how do I evaluate vendors consistently without falling back into feature checklists and marketing claims?'
more → The Hacker News, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
It's Patch Tuesday, which means a number of software vendors have released patches for various security vulnerabilities impacting their products and services.
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Analytics Insight, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
How Behavioral AI and Zero Trust Could be Shaping Cybersecurity Software
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Dark Reading, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
CISOs should focus on harnessing and securing AI and building new skills among their people. Vision and change management can transform security.
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siliconANGLE, Monday, February 9th, 2026
A new report out today from security rating firm SecurityScorecard Inc. warns that widespread vulnerabilities in OpenClaw deployments have left tens of thousands of internet-facing instances exposed to takeover through misconfigured access controls and known exploits.
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Analytics Insight, Monday, February 9th, 2026
Must-Read Books for Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking
more → Architecture and Governance, Monday, February 9th, 2026
For years, most organizations have assumed that Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) was all about compliance. With that in mind, most of them invested heavily to ensure they remain in good books with regulators and auditors. Whether it's completing access reviews on time, signing off on certificates, generating necessary reports, you name it! Everything seemed to check out. At least on paper. In reality, things played out a bit differently.
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Information Week, Monday, February 9th, 2026
AI is exposing blind spots in traditional security defenses. CIOs may be creating new risks as fast as they can eliminate them. Is automation the only viable response?
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SC Media, Monday, February 9th, 2026
Looking to finally modernize and secure federal government networks, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Feb. 5 gave civilian agencies one year to replace all end-of-support (EoS) edge devices.
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The Register, Monday, February 9th, 2026
The creators of security software have encountered an unlikely foe in their attempts to protect us: modern compilers. Today's compilers boil down code into its most efficient form, but in doing so they can undo safety precautions.
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