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Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line

A bipartisan pair of senators want a company that operates a tip line for anonymously reporting school safety concerns to answer questions about hackers compromising sensitive student information. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., announced on Monday they’d sent a letter to the firm, Navigate360, about last month’s incident. “We write to express…

Attacking the MCP Trust Boundary

Every secure API draws a line between code and data. HTTP separates headers from bodies. SQL has prepared statements. Even email distinguishes the envelope from the message. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard for connecting AI agents to external services, inherits that gap from the models it sits on top of. Its central…

The endless CISO reporting line debate — and what it says about cybersecurity leadership

It is difficult to understand why, in 2026, we are still debating the reporting line of the chief information security officer (CISO). It is one of the first topics I wrote about in 2015, and after more than two decades of high-profile cyber incidents, sustained regulatory pressure, massive technology investments and the steady elevation of…

The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix

When I first secured a production line, part of the control system was still running on an unpatched Windows XP machine tucked under a lab table — right next to the state-of-the-art GMP manufacturing setup that produced millions in value every day. Everyone knew that the system was a risk, but no one was willing…

The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the ‘human layer’ in security

There’s a phrase that’s become gospel in cybersecurity: “Employees are the last line of defense.” We’ve built an entire industry around it. Billions of dollars in security awareness programs, mandatory simulations and user-reporting workflows across endpoints, applications and collaboration tools. All predicated on a premise that sounds reasonable until you examine what we’re actually asking.…

Telstra’s plan to move up to 209 roles offshore as part of its AI joint venture with Accenture deserves more than a passing glance

This isn’t just another line in a restructuring update. It goes to the heart of how and where Australia builds its digital future. Let’s be clear: global partnerships are not new, and they’re not inherently bad. India is a powerhouse in IT services and AI talent. Accenture operates at enormous global scale. From a cost…

Telstra’s plan to move up to 209 roles offshore as part of its AI joint venture with Accenture deserves more than a passing glance

This isn’t just another line in a restructuring update. It goes to the heart of how and where Australia builds its digital future. Let’s be clear: global partnerships are not new, and they’re not inherently bad. India is a powerhouse in IT services and AI talent. Accenture operates at enormous global scale. From a cost…