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Advanced SOC Operations / CSOC

AI SOC Firm Tenex Raises $250M to Drive Faster Response

Michael Novinson  •  March 31, 2026

Tenex plans to use its $250 million Series B funding to expand its AI-driven SOC platform and hire hundreds of engineers. The company aims to improve alert coverage, automate response and reduce attacker dwell time while maintaining human oversight for complex threats.

Application Security

OpenAI's Coding Agent Flaw Exposed GitHub Passwords

Rashmi Ramesh  •  March 31, 2026

Security researchers at BeyondTrust Phantom Labs discovered a critical flaw in OpenAI's Codex coding agent that allowed an attacker to steal GitHub authentication tokens. The now-patched bug was hidden in how Codex processed labels developers use to track different versions of their code.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Why AI Adoption Starts With Security

Michael Novinson  •  March 31, 2026

As AI outpaces governance and security frameworks, enterprise leaders face a more pressing question: How can they move fast without losing control? Meerah Rajavel of Palo Alto Networks says organizations need security guardrails, clear use cases and firm limits on probabilistic AI.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Multi-Cloud Security Is Straining CISO Teams

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  March 31, 2026

Cloud security and gen AI governance are stretching security teams thin, warned Daniel Kennedy, principal research analyst at 451 Research, S&P Global Market Intelligence. Organizations now manage several cloud environments at once - each adding new risk and increasing the burden on security teams.

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Agentic AI

Speed, Judgment and Behavior: AI's Defense Mandate

Tom Field  •  March 31, 2026

Cybersecurity can no longer stop at the system boundary. Organizations must understand how humans and AI agents behave, and intervene before attackers exploit that behavior, says Niloofar Razi, operating partner at Capitol Meridian Partners.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

How LLM and SLM Interactions Create New Security Threats

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  March 31, 2026

As AI systems interact autonomously, they are introducing new security risks that extend beyond traditional threat models. AI agents can socially engineer each other, bypass security defenses and behave in unpredictable ways, says Dan Lahav, co-founder and CEO at Irregular.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

The Five Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques

Tom Field  •  March 31, 2026

Organizations are "completely unprepared for 100 critical vulnerabilities in a week," said Ed Skoudis, president of the SANS Technology Institute, pointing to a near-term scenario where AI dramatically increases the discovery and exploitation of software flaws.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Machine-Speed Cyberattacks Redefine Defense

Anna Delaney  •  March 31, 2026

Attackers use AI to scale operations and automate execution, which shifts the balance in cyber defense. Fragmented tools and siloed teams slow response times, while alert volume overwhelms analysts, says Galina Antova, co-founder and CEO of Kai.

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Application Security

AI Coding Tools Raise Hidden Security Risks

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  March 31, 2026

Software development is moving from human-led to agent-led at a pace that security organizations are not built to absorb, says Pieter Danhieux, co-founder and CEO at Secure Code Warrior. He explains why governing AI coding tool adoption is critical before the risks become unmanageable.

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Events

Why Identity Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026

Rahul Neel Mani  •  March 31, 2026

Resilience drives identity security strategy in a hybrid, AI-driven threat landscape. Organizations face rising pressure to secure identities across environments while managing AI risk, governance demands and fragmented ecosystems, says Greg Nelson, CEO of RSA.

Agentic AI

Agentic AI Uncertainty Dominates Dialog at RSAC Conference

Mathew J. Schwartz  •  March 31, 2026

Reflecting the current state of cybersecurity, uncertainty dominated at this year's annual RSAC Conference in San Francisco, as advances in artificial intelligence, including agentic artificial intelligence, now pose risks experts never saw coming. It's a disorientating state of affairs for all involved.

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

How AI is Reshaping Identity Theft Risk

Anna Delaney  •  March 30, 2026

AI is transforming identity theft, scams and data breaches at scale. James E. Lee, president of the Identity Theft Resource Center, explains why old scam signals fail, why machine identities raise new risks, and how organizations must rethink protection and victim support.