Risk Management stories
Despite widespread concern over stolen logins, only 19% of organisations continuously monitor and automatically remediate exposed credentials.
The hire comes as Proofpoint seeks to deepen partner sales in the UK, Ireland and South Africa amid rising cyber threats and AI adoption.
Critical vulnerability backlogs have swelled 29-fold, prompting a tool that sends fix plans into engineering systems and AI coding tools.
Firms that treat DORA as a box-ticking exercise risk leaving critical supplier gaps that could hit operations, data and continuity.
Most finance teams want clearer returns and tighter controls before committing more budget, despite broad plans to raise AI investment.
European firms face mounting AI compliance pressure as ISACA plans a Munich conference to address governance, cyber resilience and digital trust.
Downstream AI data leaks have more than doubled in a year, with connected services now returning unauthorised information to staff and agents.
Finance teams could cut manual reconciliation prep time as BlackLine rolls out an AI tool built for audit trails and human oversight.
Demand is rising for outside-in cyber monitoring as firms seek earlier warning of impersonation, leaks and fraud before systems are breached.
Banks and insurers could soon grant AI agents narrower, time-limited access to sensitive systems under Daon's new patent.
Most finance teams want AI in accounts payable to prove its worth before widening use, with only 39% ready to scale it.
The findings matter as linked digital twin systems spread, widening attack surfaces and exposing firms to staff friction, skills gaps and weak governance.
Most critical infrastructure operators still face repeated supplier-led intrusions, with fresh research linking them to weaker oversight of remote access.
Rising demand for cyber and compliance advice is driving HCS to broaden its services as Lesley Whelan takes charge of the new practice.
New controls for AI agents and machine identities come as Saviynt passes USD $300 million in annual recurring revenue, with bookings up more than 80%.
The rollout targets post-login attacks, rogue AI use and fake job candidates as customers seek stronger control over identities and access.
Despite rising budgets, British businesses still face more breaches and ethics failures than global peers, a NAVEX survey found.
A surge in small-business borrowing has prompted Iwoca to expand lending capacity, after UK SME lending rose 60% in 2025.
Security chiefs face a widening breach risk as most firms plan to use AI agents, yet barely a third feel ready to secure them properly.
More merchants are passing chargeback losses on to shoppers as dispute costs now exceed four times the value of transactions, a study found.