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DeVry University’s CISO on higher education cybersecurity risk

In this Help Net Security interview, Fred Kwong, VP, CISO at DeVry University, outlines how the university balances academic openness with cyber risk. He describes how systems for students are separated from back end operations to limit exposure. Kwong also discusses how student data has changed over the past decade. Data is now centralized in learning management systems, which improves reporting but raises the stakes if a breach occurs. The interview also covers hybrid learning, … More → The post DeVry University’s CISO on higher education cybersecurity risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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The CISO role keeps getting heavier

Personal liability is becoming a routine part of the CISO job. In Splunk’s 2026 CISO Report, titled From Risk to Resilience in the AI Era, 78% of CISOs said they are concerned about their own liability for security incidents, up from 56% last year. The role carries personal exposure alongside operational accountability, and that shift is influencing how security leaders approach risk, documentation, and board communication. The mandate continues to grow. Nearly all respondents said … More → The post The CISO role keeps getting heavier appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet

Industrial operators continue to run remote access portals, building automation servers, and other operational technology services on public IP address ranges. Palo Alto Networks, Siemens, and Idaho National Laboratory describe the scope of that exposure in the Intelligence-Driven Active Defense Report 2026. Top TTPs mapped from detected signatures within OT networks (Source: Palo Alto Networks) Internet exposure keeps growing Cortex Xpanse made over 110 million observations of OT devices exposed to the internet in 2024, … More → The post Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet appeared first on Help Net Security.
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New infosec products of the month: February 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Aikido Security, Avast, Armis, Black Duck, Compliance Scorecard, Fingerprint, Gremlin, Impart Security, Portnox, Redpanda, Socure, SpecterOps, Veza, and Virtana. Gremlin launches Disaster Recovery Testing for zone, region, and datacenter failovers Gremlin, the proactive reliability platform, launched Disaster Recovery Testing: a new product built to safely and efficiently test zone, region, and datacenter evacuations and failovers. These large-scale tests ensure businesses … More → The post New infosec products of the month: February 2026 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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