Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In the cybersecurity arena, script executors are among the most divisive tools. On the face of it, they appear harmless enough; in fact, these tools are generic script-execution utilities that can be used for automation but are also widely abused outside legitimate development environments. They become powerful tools against cybercrime, malware deployment, and privacy invasions when corrupted.

Global cyber attacks increased by approximately 38% in 2025, with organisations experiencing an average of over 1,900 attacks per week. To thrive and survive in this dynamic environment, businesses must move beyond mere security and embrace a holistic strategy of cyber resilience.

As organizations move deeper into cloud ecosystems, automation, AI integrations, and global supply chains, one truth becomes increasingly clear: In 2026, third-party risk is not just an IT concern. It is a business continuity concern, a regulatory concern, and in many industries, a board-level concern. From software vendors and cloud providers to managed services, payment processors, contractors, and niche business tools, every external connection introduces potential exposure.

Cybersecurity requirements for companies in the defense supply chain have entered a decisive enforcement phase. The Department of Defense has moved beyond self-attestation and toward verifiable, contract-bound cybersecurity standards. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), now plays a central role in determining which organizations are eligible to work with the DoD. CMMC establishes three compliance levels, each tied directly to the sensitivity of the data an organization handles.

A practical guide to VM-aware data protection for VMware-to-OpenShift migrations VMware exits rarely fail because engineers cannot move bits. They fail because the organization discovers, mid-flight, that it cannot reliably recover those bits once they land somewhere new.

This blog shows how aggregating vulnerabilities by machine and package turns fragmented, multi-tool findings into a single, normalized issue, enriched with AI-driven context to support clearer prioritization and faster remediation.

Threat actors target the insurance industry for a simple reason: insurers sit on concentrated volumes of sensitive personal data, financial records, and in many cases health information, all of which are highly valuable for resale on dark markets. Claims systems, customer portals, broker platforms, and third-party service providers also present a complex attack surface that offers threat actors multiple paths into the business.

Let's take a closer look at the fragmented NHI inventory from a site reliability engineer's perspective.