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The Year Security and Compliance Stop Being Separate Conversations

Wouter Klinkhamer

The cybersecurity landscape for 2026 will experience a fundamental recalibration of cybersecurity strategy as organizations confront the twin pressures of an unprecedented regulatory tsunami and an escalating threat landscape dominated by state-sponsored actors and AI-powered attacks. But because these are two opposing forces, organizations face a difficult decision.

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Is Agentic AI the Missing Piece in the Autonomous SOC Puzzle?

Martin Jakobsen

SecOps has always been at the cutting edge of cybersecurity innovation. Historically, it has had to be, given that teams sit on the front line against adversaries who are constantly innovating to achieve their goals. This cat-and-mouse game continues to this day as threat actors and security operations centre (SOC) analysts both tap the power of AI. But could the arrival of AI agents be a game changer for defenders?

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Defining Dysinformation

Lou Covey

Happy Holidays – our last issue of the year is out, and it’s all about Disinformation or, as we like to put it: Dysinformation.

Dysinformation is a scourge of society, fueled by social media and malicious actors, but you may not have heard the term spelled this way. Dysinformation simply means “damaging information.” It puts misinformation and disinformation in the same bucket, but what is the difference?

Disinformation

Disinformation is intentional. The authors know it is false and distribute it with the desire to defraud, destabilize and delegitimize issues and individuals. It is often defended as, “Hey, I’m just asking questions.” The first recorded instance of disinformation occurs in Genesis. After Eve explains to the serpent why she should not eat forbidden fruit, the serpent replies “Has God really said…?”

Disinformation authors do not need to prove an allegation. They just need to get a small credulous audience to wonder if what they say is true. If the allegation reflects a particular opinion of the audience, they are more likely to accept the allegation as true. Every piece of disinformation may contain an element of truth to establish the author’s qualifications, but the majority is sheer speculation.

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