Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Fast-moving cloud environments demand speed, but without the right access controls they invite risk. Resources such as virtual machines, containers, and services are created, modified, and terminated at a rapid pace. At the same time, workloads are becoming increasingly distributed, with data and applications spanning multiple regions, accounts, and even across different cloud service providers (CSPs).

The recent Zscaler breach has sparked significant attention in the cybersecurity community not just because of its impact, but also because of the complexity of the attack and the multiple claims of responsibility surrounding it. Here’s a breakdown of what happened, who’s claiming involvement, and what we can learn from the incident. This was not a direct hack of Zscaler’s core systems. Instead, it was a supply chain attack that exploited a third-party integration.

Imagine a retail chain, CaaT Networkstore, that wants to run a marketing campaign targeting its in-store customers. To do that, they need to know what types of devices their customers are using. They could survey the users, but a better, more accurate approach is to look at their free Wi-Fi logs and count the types of devices customers are using to connect to the network. If the store is small, the solution is fairly trivial.

For government contractors, budgeting isn’t merely a bookkeeping exercise—it’s the pivot point on which projects, compliance, and profitability hinge. Yet, many 8(a) organizations and government contractors still struggle with outdated systems, siloed processes, and compliance complexities that create unnecessary hurdles.

What happens when the AI feature you shipped last quarter is compliant in one region—but illegal today in another? That’s the new normal. In 2025, the EU AI Act, new U.S. state privacy laws, China’s PIPL, and APAC rules are reshaping how organizations collect, process, store, and share data for AI. Privacy isn’t a back-office task anymore; it’s a front-line guardrail for product, security, and data teams.

Network teams often risk costly disruptions when aging or unsupported hardware slips under the radar. With Forward Networks’ Network Query Engine (NQE), you can proactively identify devices approaching End‑of‑Sale (EOS) or End‑of‑Life (EOL), plus enforce hardware/software compliance at scale. Get ahead of risks, reduce technical debt, and align your infrastructure with business goals—automatically.

For years, cybersecurity meant defending a clear, defined perimeter. That era is over. Modern organizations are sprawling, borderless, and interconnected in ways security teams were never designed to protect. Employees log in from around the globe, business units spin up SaaS without approval, and third-party vendors extend risk far beyond your control. Attackers no longer need to hammer at a single gateway.

As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise — from customer-facing tools to backend automation — it dramatically expands the enterprise attack surface. Models, agents, apps, and data pipelines now span public and private clouds, SaaS, and edge environments, creating a sprawling, opaque risk landscape.

There is a critical speed-control paradox in the healthcare DevOps landscape: while DevOps best practices dramatically cut software delivery cycles, a lack of confidence in Disaster Recovery readiness, noted by Gartner, opens up room for fragile operations despite increased deployment speed. This gap demands a solution that adds reliability, such as comprehensive backup strategies, to ensure that faster development doesn’t compromise mission-critical systems ignited through DevOps platforms.

Cyberattacks on operational technology systems increased 87% in 2024 (Dragos 2024), with endpoint access emerging as THE top attack vector for OT and industrial control systems (ICS). This means the same connections vital to maintaining your critical systems, whether a vendor connecting remotely via VPN or an employee logging into a local workstation, represent a potential entry point into your environment.