Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Ask most security leaders how their last significant budget increase came about, and the honest answer is rarely "we made the case and won it." It's usually "something happened." A breach, a near-miss, a competitor's headline, an audit finding that couldn't be ignored or a new regulation with a deadline attached. Security spend still moves in response to events far more often than it moves in response to argument, and that has quietly shaped how the function operates: always slightly behind the risk, always justifying itself against the last incident rather than the next one.

Look at almost any security resume and you will find a wall of product badges. A cloud provider's associate cert, a SIEM vendor's operator credential, an EDR platform's specialist track, maybe a firewall qualification or two. Every vendor runs a certification program, every tool ships a badge, and collecting them is a reasonable way to prove you can do the job in front of you.

A homeschool day often ends the way an office day does, with data entry. A parent logs attendance in one app, uploads a scanned writing sample to a second, and reviews a progress dashboard on a third. The laptop is shared. The router came from the internet provider years ago and has not been touched since.

Retail SEO used to be about "ranking for the big keywords" and calling it a win. Today, that mindset leaves money on the table. With SERPs packed with Shopping results, local packs, marketplaces, and AI summaries, visibility only matters if it produces measurable outcomes-qualified traffic, engaged shoppers, and revenue.

As businesses increasingly focus on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, the data behind these efforts is becoming as important as financial information. This shift, along with using AI to analyse and report on sustainability metrics, has introduced new cybersecurity risks. Protecting this sensitive data isn't just an option anymore; it's a core part of corporate responsibility and managing risk. With AI involved, the potential for sophisticated data manipulation introduces AI as an emerging risk dimension that security teams need to deal with.

SET University and the Tokarev Foundation, founded by Sergey Tokarev, have launched a full-tuition scholarship for the MBA programme at UC Berkeley Haas.

Modern organizations depend on connected buildings, networked equipment, digital access systems, environmental sensors, and cloud-based operational platforms. These technologies improve efficiency, but they also blur the boundary between cybersecurity and physical operations. A malfunctioning controller, neglected door sensor, or unpatched building device can become more than a maintenance problem. It may interrupt business, expose sensitive information, weaken access controls, or create an opening for attackers seeking a path into corporate systems.