Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Artificial Intelligence continued to dominate the conversation, and content, but the key theme throughout the Gartner Security & Risk Management experience was a little bit more subtle. This year, CISOs from all across the globe came to connect, learn, and explore with peers, vendors, and Gartner, navigating individual and business resilience challenges.

OMB M-26-14 introduces a significant change in how federal agencies approach logging, monitoring, and incident response. Rather than emphasizing volume and retention of log data, the memo centers on how effectively agencies can use telemetry to support detection, investigation, and response across the full threat lifecycle. For cybersecurity leaders, the implication is clear: logging is now closely tied to operational performance.

There’s a persistent myth about red team operators: that the job is all zero-days, glowing terminals, and cinematic “I’m in” moments. The reality is more interesting and far more human. A day in the life of a red teamer is less about chasing flashy exploits and more about understanding how real people, real systems, and real environments fail under pressure.

For many organizations, the move to virtual private server (VPS) hosting feels like a natural security upgrade. After all, the word private suggests isolation, control, and protection; especially compared to shared hosting environments. But in practice, private hosting does not automatically mean secure hosting. In fact, without the right security maturity, VPS environments can introduce new risks rather than eliminate old ones.