Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Cyber risk in 2026 isn’t defined by a lack of security tools; it’s defined by how quickly weaknesses compound when organizations aren’t aligned. To understand how organizations are responding, we researched the priorities, concerns, and blind spots of three critical leadership roles: the CISO, CIO, and CTO.

RAG systems connect AI models to your internal data, making them powerful but also creating serious security gaps in access control, data retrieval, and compliance. Knowing how to ensure data security in RAG systems means securing every layer of the pipeline from ingestion to retrieval to output.

The LA Times recently reported on a suspected breach involving a public sector legal office and a third-party tool used to transfer discovery materials. According to the report, the exposed data included a large volume of highly sensitive records, including witness information, medical data, unredacted legal documents, personnel records, and investigative materials. Without getting ahead of the facts, there is a pretty straightforward lesson here. Sensitive data rarely stays in one place.

DSPM solutions continuously discover and classify sensitive data, map who can access it, and surface misconfigurations across cloud and hybrid environments. Without them, security teams cannot reliably find shadow data, assess real exposure, or demonstrate that sensitive information is protected. Choosing the right platform means matching data coverage, risk prioritization, and remediation workflows to your actual estate.

Most organizations can answer "who can log in" but not "who can access a specific sensitive file, and should they?" Data access governance (DAG) closes that gap. It governs who can reach sensitive data, whether that access is appropriate, and how teams review that access over time, connecting visibility, control, and automation so organizations can govern access continuously rather than scramble before each audit.

On March 24, 2026, thousands of development pipelines ran a routine vulnerability scan. What they actually executed was a credential stealer.

Protecting sensitive data remains a top priority for businesses as data breaches and cyberattacks continue to increase globally. One of the biggest threats to data privacy and security is data leakage, which occurs when private information leaves an organization's secure environment, either by accident or intentionally. Companies worldwide are realizing they need Data Leakage Protection (DLP) solutions now, given the growing number of high-profile data breaches.

A recently patched Google Chrome vulnerability is a signal security leaders cannot ignore. But it's only the beginning of a much larger story. In January 2026, a high-severity vulnerability was disclosed in Chrome's Gemini AI integration: CVE-2026-0628. The flaw allowed a malicious browser extension with only basic permissions to escalate privileges and gain access to a user's camera, microphone, local files, and the ability to screenshot any website, all without user consent. Google patched it quickly.