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The future of security operations with John Hubbard

Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as we explore the transformative impact of AI on Security Operations Centers with John Hubbard, SANS Senior Instructor and Cyber Defense Curriculum Lead. At Defender Fridays, we delve into the dynamic world of information security, exploring its defensive side with seasoned professionals from across the industry. Our aim is simple yet ambitious: to foster a collaborative space where ideas flow freely, experiences are shared, and knowledge expands.

Intel Chat: Visual Studio Code, Sinkholes reversal, Chinese pen-testing & FortiSIEM zero-day [286]

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows.

The SMB Paradox: Most Targeted, Least Prepared for Cybersecurity

For years, the prevailing myth among small and midsize businesses (SMBs) was that they were too small to be a target. That myth has been definitively shattered. The reality is sobering: SMBs now account for a disproportionate share of cyber incidents and data exposure. In fact, research cited in the Guardz 2025 SMB Cybersecurity Report found that 43% of U.S. SMBs have experienced a cyberattack, including 27% hit within the past year.

Proud to be Data Privacy Week 2026 Champions with the National Cybersecurity Alliance

We are proud to be Data Privacy Week 2026 Champions with the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Stay tuned all week as we share practical tips, real-world insights, and expert perspectives from our teams and special guests across WatchGuard Tech All-Stars. A few simple reminders to start: Privacy is about choice, awareness, and control. And it starts with the everyday decisions we all make online.

Data Privacy: How Organizations Protect the Workplace From AI Threats

Data privacy in the workplace is not just compliance. It is how an organization protects employees, builds trust, and reduces business risk. Employees handle most workplace data, which makes them a major target for AI-powered threats like deepfakes and business email compromise (BEC). The best way to protect data is a mix of practical employee habits, realistic training, and strong controls like least privilege access, MFA, monitoring, and email authentication.

From Alerts to Action: Automating Your MSP Security

As MSPs push for higher margins and tighter security outcomes, disconnected PSA, RMM, and security tools create noise, manual work, and missed opportunities. Deep, practical integrations are now the difference between a scalable managed security practice and an overloaded team. In this webinar, WatchGuard will show how our integrations with ConnectWise and Autotask help you.

Zero Trust for Mid-Market: Why Modern IT Security Assumes Attacks Will Succeed

Guest post by WatchGuard Tech All-Star, Marko Bauer It's Monday morning, 7:30 AM. Your employees arrive at the office and can't log in. Systems are dead. Your phone rings. IT reports: Ransomware. All data encrypted. Then the email: €500,000 ransom. In 48 hours, the attackers will begin publishing customer data, contracts, and internal documents on the dark web. The first dump is already online, as “proof.” Your company is paralyzed. Production can't work. Sales has no access to orders.

Hiring fraud and deepfakes with Tom Cross

Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as we explore the evolving threat of deepfakes in hiring and remote work with Tom Cross, Head of Threat Research at GetReal Security. At Defender Fridays, we delve into the dynamic world of information security, exploring its defensive side with seasoned professionals from across the industry. Our aim is simple yet ambitious: to foster a collaborative space where ideas flow freely, experiences are shared, and knowledge expands.