Q & A

Benchmarks Q&A: What the finance sector’s new X9 PKI standard signals for other industries
As organizations brace for the rising tide of machine identities and prepare for a post-quantum cryptographic era, a quiet but crucial shift is underway in the financial sector: the deployment of a ...

Trends-To-Watch Q&A: The future of edge—will decentralization ever be more than a talking point?
For decades, a handful of tech giants have shaped digital infrastructure—and, with it, how businesses and governments manage data, security, and connectivity. Related: Practical uses for edge computing Now, the rise of ...

SHARED INTEL Q&A: Forrester highlights why companies need to strive for ‘cryptoagility’– today
Quantum computing’s ability to break today’s encryption may still be years away—but security leaders can’t afford to wait. Forrester’s The Future of Quantum Security makes it clear: the transition to quantum-safe cryptography ...

Shared Intel Q&A: A thriving ecosystem now supports AWS ‘shared responsibility’ security model
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Shared Responsibility Model has come a long way, indeed. Related: ‘Shared Responsibility’ best practices In 2013, Amazon planted a stake in the ground when it divided cloud ...

Shared Intel Q&A: Foreign adversaries now using ‘troll factories’ to destroy trust in U.S. elections
Foreign adversaries proactively interfering in U.S. presidential elections is nothing new. Related: Targeting falsehoods at US minorities, US veterans It’s well-documented how Russian intelligence operatives proactively meddled with the U.S. presidential election ...

NEWS ANALYSIS Q&A: The early going of Generative AI and LLMs impacting cybersecurity
The art of detecting subtle anomalies, predicting emergent vulnerabilities and remediating novel cyber-attacks is becoming more refined, day by day. Related: GenAI’s impact on elections It turns out that the vast datasets ...

NEWS ANALYSIS Q&A: Striving for contextual understanding as digital transformation plays out
The tectonic shift of network security is gaining momentum, yet this transformation continues to lag far behind the accelerating pace of change in the operating environment. Related: The advance of LLMs For ...

SHARED INTEL Q&A: Forrester report shows Identity and Access Management (IAM) in flux
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is at a crossroads. Related: Can IAM be a growth engine? A new Forrester Trends Report dissects ten IAM trends now in play, notably how AI is ...

News analysis Q&A: Shake up of the SIEM, UEBA markets continues as LogRhythm-Exabeam merge
It’s easy to compile a checklist on why the announced merger of LogRhythm and Exabeam could potentially make strategic sense. Related: Cisco pays $28 billion for Splunk LogRhythm’s is a long established ...

Best Practices Q&A: Guidance about what directors need to hear from CISOs — from a board member
CISOs can sometimes be their own worst enemy, especially when it comes to communicating with the board of directors. Related: The ‘cyber’ case for D&O insurance Vanessa Pegueros knows this all too ...