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Democrats seek information on Trump administration’s security clearance revocations

So many revocations either reflects deep problems with government vetting or suggests the process has become politicized, the lawmakers wrote. The post Democrats seek information on Trump administration’s security clearance revocations first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Cairncross calls for investing in cyber workforce, upping federal defenses

The new national cyber director laid out the second Trump administration’s cybersecurity agenda in his first public remarks since being confirmed. The post Cairncross calls for investing in cyber workforce, upping federal defenses first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Cairncross calls for investing in cyber workforce, upping federal defenses

The new national cyber director laid out the second Trump administration’s cybersecurity agenda in his first public remarks since being confirmed. The post Cairncross calls for investing in cyber workforce, upping federal defenses first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Relyance AI Data Defense Engineer secures AI-driven data

Relyance AI has released Data Defense Engineer, an AI-native feature that works 24/7 to understand, monitor, and protect thousands of data journeys, learns from every interaction, and autonomously enforces policies at machine speed. As organizations deploy AI systems, data becomes executable intelligence rather than passive information. Relyance AI’s Data Defense Engineer is a fundamental shift from static data scanning to real-time data journey mapping, providing enterprises with superintelligence that continuously tracks how sensitive data flows … More → The post Relyance AI Data Defense Engineer secures AI-driven data appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Vanta embeds agentic AI into policy and evidence workflows

Vanta has unveiled a new set of capabilities that integrates AI across core compliance and risk workflows. These features unify policy management with the Vanta AI Agent, expand first-party risk oversight and continuous monitoring for vendors, and deepen integrations, providing security leaders with a single system of record to act on risk before it escalates. Risk management is fragmented across siloed tools, teams and manual processes. Internal issues live in one system, vendor reviews in … More → The post Vanta embeds agentic AI into policy and evidence workflows appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Hummingbird’s compliance and risk platform helps financial institutions manage risk

Hummingbird announced its unified platform for risk and compliance operations. The expanded platform brings together the full risk and compliance lifecycle with the launch of new solutions for both Transaction & Risk Monitoring and Customer Screening. Financial institutions, long stymied by fragmented workflows, will find immediate value in Hummingbird’s Transaction & Risk Monitoring and Customer Screening solutions, which strengthen risk detection and accelerate decision-making. While Hummingbird may now be deployed end-to-end, the platform’s modular design … More → The post Hummingbird’s compliance and risk platform helps financial institutions manage risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cisco puts agentic AI at the core of Splunk Enterprise Security

Cisco introduced Splunk Enterprise Security Essentials Edition and Splunk Enterprise Security Premier Edition, providing customers two agentic AI-powered SecOps options that unify security workflows across threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR). Delivered within Splunk Enterprise Security 8.2, these advancements streamline offerings and empower customers with faster threat response and simplified security solutions. Cisco also unveiled a series of AI features that it intends to release to power the agentic Security Operations Center (SOC) of the future, … More → The post Cisco puts agentic AI at the core of Splunk Enterprise Security appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Fake npm 2FA reset email led to compromise of popular code packages

Malicious versions of at least 18 widely used npm packages were uploaded to the npm Registry on Monday, following the compromise of their maintainer’s account. “The packages were updated to contain a piece of code that would be executed on the client of a website, which silently intercepts crypto and web3 activity in the browser, manipulates wallet interactions, and rewrites payment destinations so that funds and approvals are redirected to attacker-controlled accounts without any obvious … More → The post Fake npm 2FA reset email led to compromise of popular code packages appeared first on Help Net Security.
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NetApp StorageGRID 12.0 powers AI and data-intensive workloads

NetApp has released NetApp StorageGRID 12.0, a scalable, software-defined object storage solution designed for unstructured data. This latest version of StorageGRID introduces new capabilities designed to enhance AI initiatives, improve data security, and modernize organizations’ data infrastructure. Whether businesses are in the early stages of modernizing their data lakes or experimenting with advanced AI applications, they need to manage and store exploding volumes of unstructured data such as text, video, machine and sensor data, server … More → The post NetApp StorageGRID 12.0 powers AI and data-intensive workloads appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector

Data breaches cost more for financial organizations than they do for those in many other industries. In attempting to strengthen your financial organization’s cybersecurity, you must contend with evolving regulatory obligations, outdated IT infrastructure, and other challenges. How do you manage it all? The Center for Internet Security (CIS) offers a free guide containing cybersecurity compliance tips and risk controls for banks, credit agencies, lenders, and other financial sector organizations. You can use these resources … More → The post Download: Cyber defense guide for the financial sector appeared first on Help Net Security.
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