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Canada launches breach risk self-assessment online tool

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has launched a new online tool that will help businesses and federal institutions that experience a privacy breach to assess whether the breach is likely to create a real risk of significant harm to individuals. The privacy breach risk self-assessment tool is a convenient web-based application that guides users through a series of questions to assess the sensitivity of personal information that is involved in a data breach, and … More → The post Canada launches breach risk self-assessment online tool appeared first on Help Net Security.
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senhasegura rebrands as Segura, marking a new chapter in identity security

senhasegura, a globally recognized leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), announces its evolution into Segura, marking a new chapter for the company and its mission to deliver futureproof identity security. Founded in Brazil in 2009, senhasegura quickly earned international recognition as one of the leading providers of PAM solutions. Throughout its journey, the company has consistently been featured in top analyst reports, including the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave, and consistently praised for its … More → The post senhasegura rebrands as Segura, marking a new chapter in identity security appeared first on Help Net Security.
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CIOs cull internal generative AI projects as vendor spending soars

“This is the year that we go from a little bit of money being spent on software with Gen AI to a tidal wave of money being spent on it,” Gartner Analyst John-David Lovelock said.
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Two things you need in place to successfully adopt AI

Organizations should not shy away from taking advantage of AI tools, but they need to find the right balance between maximizing efficiency and mitigating organizational risk. They need to put in place: 1. A seamless AI security policy AI may have previously been a technology that only developers or specialists interacted with, but today, at all levels within companies, employees use AI to assist them in various tasks. Organizations must therefore educate all employees on … More → The post Two things you need in place to successfully adopt AI appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Exegol: Open-source hacking environment

Exegol is a community-driven hacking environment, which helps users deploy hacking setups quickly and securely. It’s made for penetration testers, CTF players, bug bounty hunters, researchers, defenders, and both new and experienced users. Exegol offers clean, secure environments. Each project can have its own Docker container, keeping things organized and safe. Exegol includes a Python wrapper that manages Docker and Git operations for you. Features like GUI apps, Wi-Fi, USB devices, and volume mounting are … More → The post Exegol: Open-source hacking environment appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Optimising your revenue lifecycle management will deliver a massive return on investment

Optimising the revenue lifecycle is crucial for improving efficiency, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
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Only 2-5% of application security alerts require immediate action

The large volume of security alerts, many created by automated tools, is overwhelming security and development teams, according to the 2025 Application Security Benchmark report by Ox Security. The report is based on an analysis of over 101 million application security findings collected from 178 organizations over 90 days (Q4 2024), indicating that only 2-5% of security alerts require immediate action, yet organizations continue to waste valuable resources on the remaining 95% of non-critical issues. … More → The post Only 2-5% of application security alerts require immediate action appeared first on Help Net Security.
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GenAI turning employees into unintentional insider threats

The amount of data being shared by businesses with GenAI apps has exploded, increasing 30x in one year, according to Netskope. The average organization now shares more than 7.7GB of data with AI tools per month, a massive jump from just 250MB a year ago. This includes sensitive data such as source code, regulated data, passwords and keys, and intellectual property, significantly increasing the risk of costly breaches, compliance violations, and intellectual property theft. 75% … More → The post GenAI turning employees into unintentional insider threats appeared first on Help Net Security.
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How to recognize and prevent deepfake scams

Deepfakes are a type of synthetic media created using AI and machine learning. In simple terms, they produce videos, images, audio, or text that look and sound real, even though the events depicted never actually happened. These altered clips spread across social media, messaging apps, and video-sharing platforms, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The term “deepfake” was coined in 2017 when a Reddit user created a subreddit with that name. This subreddit was … More → The post How to recognize and prevent deepfake scams appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, March 31st, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9386, (Mon, Mar 31st)

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