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In this Help Net Security interview, Marina Marceta, CISO at Heineken, discusses what it takes for CISOs to be seen as business-aligned leaders rather than technical overseers. She shares how connecting security to business impact can shift perceptions and strengthen partnerships across the company. Marceta focuses on the value of a security culture that supports innovation while keeping risk in check. What mindset shifts are essential for CISOs who want to be seen as strategic … More → The post Heineken CISO champions a new risk mindset to unlock innovation appeared first on Help Net Security.

Phishing sites keep rising, and security teams are searching for ways to sort suspicious pages at speed. A recent study explores whether small language models (SLMs) can scan raw HTML to catch these threats. The work reviews a range of model sizes and tests how they handle detection tasks while keeping compute demands in check. Although LLM-based website phishing detection is still a relatively new area, it is gaining momentum. Several studies have already reported … More → The post Small language models step into the fight against phishing sites appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Graham McMillan, CTO at Redgate Software, discusses AI, security, and the future of enterprise oversight. He explains why past incidents haven’t pushed the industry to mature. McMillan also outlines the structural shifts he expects once failures start to have business impact. What type of AI-driven failure do you believe is most likely to force the industry into a maturity leap, and why have recent incidents not been enough to … More → The post How an AI meltdown could reset enterprise expectations appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Colonel Ludovic Monnerat, Commander Space Command, Swiss Armed Forces, discusses how securing space assets is advancing in response to emerging quantum threats. He explains why satellite systems must move beyond traditional cryptography to remain protected. Monnerat also describes how future communication architectures will need to integrate quantum-safe methods without disrupting operations. 1LT Simon Reding also contributed to these responses. The responses are personal opinions of the respondents and do … More → The post Quantum encryption is pushing satellite hardware to its limits appeared first on Help Net Security.

AI-powered chatbots raise profound concerns under federal and state wiretapping and eavesdropping statutes that is being tested by recent litigation, creating greater exposure to the companies and developers that use this technology. Security professionals that integrate AI-chatbots into their business face uncertainty about whether insurance will cover privacy-related claims arising from these technologies. In this Help Net Security interview, Stephanie Gee, Insurance Recovery Counsel at Reed Smith, discusses the development of these privacy claims as … More → The post What security pros should know about insurance coverage for AI chatbot wiretapping claims appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Sev Kelian, CISO and VP of Security at Tecsys, discusses how organizations can strengthen supply chain resilience through a more unified and forward-looking strategy. Kelian also shares how new technologies and a blended view of cyber and physical risk are changing the way teams think about strategy and long-term planning. What are the most common misconceptions you see when organizations begin developing a supply chain strategy? When organizations begin … More → The post The tech that turns supply chains from brittle to unbreakable appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Adnan Ahmed, CISO at Ornua, discusses how organizations can build a cybersecurity strategy that aligns with business goals. He explains why many companies stumble by focusing on technology before understanding risk and shares how embedding cybersecurity across the business helps build resilience. Ahmed also outlines how a mature roadmap should integrate zero trust principles, operational resilience, and a security culture across both IT and OT environments. When you think … More → The post Why your security strategy is failing before it even starts appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Cameron Kracke, CISO at Prime Therapeutics, discusses how the healthcare ecosystem can achieve cohesive security visibility. With hospitals, clinics, telehealth, and cloud partners all in the mix, maintaining visibility remains a complex task. Kracke shares how interoperability, collaboration, and strategic investment can strengthen resilience across the healthcare security landscape. When you look at the modern healthcare ecosystem with hospitals, clinics, telehealth, medical devices, and cloud partners, what is the … More → The post Healthcare security is broken because its systems can’t talk to each other appeared first on Help Net Security.

In this Help Net Security interview, Paul J. Mocarski, VP & CISO at Sammons Financial Group, discusses how insurance carriers are adapting their cybersecurity strategies. He explains how ongoing threat assessments, AI-driven automation, and third-party risk management help maintain readiness. Mocarski also shares how collaboration, integration, and disciplined response are shaping the industry’s defense against next-generation attacks. When you conduct ongoing threat assessments, what signals or patterns are you paying closest attention to, and how … More → The post When every day is threat assessment day appeared first on Help Net Security.

Whether we ever build AI that thinks like a person is still uncertain. What seems more realistic is a future with more independent machines. These systems already work across many industries and digital environments. Alongside human-to-human and human-to-machine contact, communication between machines is growing fast. Criminology should start to look at what this shift means for crime and social control. A new academic paper from Gian Maria Campedelli of Fondazione Bruno Kessler argues that society … More → The post Autonomous AI could challenge how we define criminal behavior appeared first on Help Net Security.