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A few months ago I received a call from my Grandma. She was concerned about having received a notification that she had been part of a data breach and wasn’t sure what to do about it. She had many seemingly basic, but good questions; What’s PII? I use the app on my iPad, is it safe to log into other applications like my bank? Is it safe to use my account? How do I know when it’s safe?

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the backbone of modern cybersecurity investigations, helping analysts and law enforcement uncover threats, assess risks, and gather intelligence from publicly available sources. In this guide, we break down everything you need to know about OSINT, from key frameworks and tools to how it's used in cybersecurity.

For many security professionals, managing asset visibility feels like an endless game of whack-a-mole. They are stuck in what experts call the “swivel chair approach”—constantly pivoting between multiple dashboards, spreadsheets, and security tools to manually stitch together an understanding of their risk landscape.

Efficient cyber threat detection is the cornerstone of an effective cybersecurity program. This post ranks the top eight cyber threat detection tools dominating the cybersecurity solution market in 2025.

When you work with third parties, their risk is your risk. Common risks associated with vendors include everything from compliance risk to operational risk to financial and reputational loss. Vendor risk assessments can help your organization narrow down who to trust, and help you identify the level of risk you are taking on with your vendors.

In a hyper-connected world, security breaches continue to increase in size and scope. Cybersecurity threats come in various forms, from social engineering to database vulnerability exploitation. With that in mind, potential damages caused by these data breaches are more likely than ever, regardless of an organization’s size. To bolster your cybersecurity posture, you should put together a data breach response plan as a way to prepare your organization.

Traditionally, data security focused on protecting data at rest within the confines of your on-premise data center. The cloud era has blurred these lines. Data now flows through complex pipelines, often traversing multiple services and third-party vendors. This expanded data perimeter creates new vulnerabilities: It’s crucial to ensure that the data loaded into warehouses and analytics tools is scanned for sensitive information and redacted or redirected accordingly.

Advocating for a larger budget is a common need for most security professionals. With so many business obligations fighting for priority and funding, even vital concerns like Vendor Risk Management can fall through the cracks. However, third-party cyber risks can devastate businesses in the blink of an eye—meaning maintaining a proper third-party risk management program should be at the top of your priority list.

SQL Injection (SQL) also known as SQLI is a severe security vulnerability that allows attackers to interfere with the queries and applications made to its database. By inserting malicious SQL code into input fields, attackers can manipulate the database, leading to unauthorized data access, data corruption, or even complete system compromise. This attack technique is made possible because of improper coding of web applications.

As AI becomes an increasingly critical component in the digital supply chain, tech buyers are struggling to appropriately measure and manage their AI risk. Keeping tabs on emerging risk from the AI technology they use is hard enough. But often the most crucial AI business functions that organizations depend upon aren’t directly under their control or care, but instead are governed by the tech vendors that embed them into their underlying software.