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Monday’s Briefing · February 9

Tuesday, February 24th, 2026: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

AI-Powered IT Service Desks: What's Next for ITSM (Feb. 24th)

Learn how forward-thinking organizations are using AI to reduce ticket volume, accelerate resolution times, and improve service experiences without increasing headcount. Gain clarity on where to focus your efforts and how to take meaningful next steps toward an AI-driven service desk. more →

AI-Powered IT Service Desks: What's Next for ITSM (Feb. 24th)

Security Boulevard, Monday, February 2nd, 2026

Reorient Your Thinking To Tackle AI Security Risks

The rise of artificial intelligence has rendered portions of your current cybersecurity playbook obsolete. Unless Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) act quickly to reorient their thinking, they may be unaware of and unprepared to face emerging AI-related threats. Learn how to secure your organization's AI usage and ensure implementation won't have negative consequences. more →

Reorient Your Thinking To Tackle AI Security Risks

Analytics Insight, Monday, February 2nd, 2026

Which AI Innovations Are Set To Dominate The Future?

Artificial intelligence has quietly woven itself into daily life. It curates shopping recommendations, flags suspicious credit card charges, powers voice assistants like Alexa, and helps radiologists spot abnormalities in medical scans. more →

Which AI Innovations Are Set To Dominate The Future?

CIO, Thursday, February 5th, 2026

10 AI Predictions For 2026

Last year, we saw the integration of gen AI into everything, the rise of AI agents, and the explosion of vibe computing. As this year gathers pace, we'll see agentic AI move from pilots into production, the emergence of AI payments, and AI redefine how we think of user interfaces. more →

10 AI Predictions For 2026

Security Boulevard, Monday, February 2nd, 2026

OAuth User-Managed Access Protocol Overview

Ever tried to share a private medical record with a specialist or give a budget app access to your bank history without actually being there to click "Allow" every single time? It's a massive pain because standard oauth 2.0 usually expects you to be sitting right there in the browser redirect loop. more →

OAuth User-Managed Access Protocol Overview

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Rising Risk Of Compromised Credentials In AD

Compromised user credentials are a major security threat for organizations, as the 2025 Verizon DBIR reported that credential abuse was the leading initial access vector for data breaches. Recent data from Enzoic's Active Directory Lite (AD Lite) tool indicates that the risk of compromised credentials is growing. more →

Rising Risk Of Compromised Credentials In AD

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

The Gaps That Created The New Wave Of Siem And AI SOC Vendors

I have been talking to a few AI SOC and new SIEM market entrants over the past few weeks. I have voiced some opinions in previous posts but have now started to capture a list of features that I believe represent the openings existing SIEM players have created in the market for these new vendors to emerge. more →

The Gaps That Created The New Wave Of Siem And AI SOC Vendors

Security Boulevard, Friday, February 6th, 2026

The Human Layer Of Security: Why People Are Still The Weakest Link In 2026

Humans remain the most vulnerable component of security, despite the rapid advancements in cyber defenses. The majority of breaches are still caused by human behavior, as per recent studies and professional predictions. According to Gartner, human error and social engineering will account for 85% of data breaches by 2026. more →

The Human Layer Of Security: Why People Are Still The Weakest Link In 2026

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

The Ultimate Guide To Single Sign-On In 2025

Ever wonder why, in 2025, we're still wrestling with getting a "simple" login button to work for enterprise customers? Honestly, it feels like we should have solved this by now, but sso is still the bane of most dev teams' existence. more →

The Ultimate Guide To Single Sign-On In 2025

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Are Your Secrets Safe From Cyber Threats

How does one ensure that machine identities remain secure from cyber threats? This query emerges as organizations navigate the intricate web of digital systems, grappling with data protection complexities. more →

Are Your Secrets Safe From Cyber Threats

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

How Advanced Agentic AI Helps You Stay Ahead In Compliance

Ensuring robust management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is a top priority for organizations. NHIs, essentially machine identities, play a critical role in organizational cybersecurity strategies. They consist of two key elements: a 'Secret' (an encrypted password, token, or key) and the permissions associated with it-the former akin to a passport and the latter analogous to a visa. more →

How Advanced Agentic AI Helps You Stay Ahead In Compliance

Techstrong.IT, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Backblaze Data Shows AI Is Changing Network Traffic

Artificial intelligence is no longer just reshaping compute infrastructure, it is now fundamentally altering how data moves across networks. That's the central conclusion of Backblaze's Q4 2025 Network Stats report, which draws on real-world production traffic to reveal how AI workloads are driving new trends in network traffic. more →

Backblaze Data Shows AI Is Changing Network Traffic

Techstrong.IT, Monday, February 2nd, 2026

Is SaaS Dead? The Stock Market Thinks So

A few months back, when Satya Nadella suggested that SaaS was dead, or at least dying, plenty of people dismissed it as provocation. Bold, maybe. Wrong, definitely. Except here we are. And the stock market, which has a habit of cutting through comfortable narratives, seems to be nodding along. more →

Is SaaS Dead? The Stock Market Thinks So

Techstrong.IT, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Western Digital Is Reengineering Hard Drives For AI Era

Western Digital is laying out an ambitious hard disk drive roadmap, signaling its belief that spinning media will remain a core part of AI infrastructure well into the next decade. At its Innovation Day 2026 event, Western Digital detailed a multi-year strategy built around HDD capacity increases, significant gains in performance, lower power consumption, and a software layer designed to simplify deployment at scale. more →

Western Digital Is Reengineering Hard Drives For AI Era

Cloud Native Now, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Kubernetes And IPv6: Together At Last?

As administrators migrate their clusters from Ingress NGINX, which is being retired from the Kubernetes line-up next month, they might want to consider adding another task to their job: migrating their network to IPv6. more →

Kubernetes And IPv6: Together At Last?

Upcoming Event · Wed, Sep 30 · 11:00am

The Gartner 2026 CEO Technology Agenda: How AI Drives Growth, Leadership Moves Beyond the CIO

This webinar explores what CEOs expect AI to deliver across technology, finance, HR, operations, and other functions, where confidence gaps remain, and how success is being measured. Attendees will gain practical insights into how CxOs can translate AI investments into business outcomes, operate in a distributed leadership model, and meet rising CEO expectations. more →

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Check Point, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Amaranth-Dragon: Targeted Cyber Espionage Campaigns Across Southeast Asia

Throughout 2025, Check Point Research observed a series of cyber espionage campaigns quietly unfolding across Southeast Asia. Unlike opportunistic cyber crime, these operations were narrowly focused on government institutions and law enforcement agencies, suggesting a clear objective: long-term geopolitical intelligence collection. more →

Amaranth-Dragon: Targeted Cyber Espionage Campaigns Across Southeast Asia

Check Point, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

The Evolution Of Ransomware - Key Moments

The year was 1989. There was no cloud, no cryptocurrency, and no global cybercrime economy-just a malicious program quietly waiting to lock its victim out of their own system. more →

The Evolution Of Ransomware - Key Moments

Check Point, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

The Three Most Disruptive Cyber Trends Impacting The Financial Industry Today

The financial sector experienced an unprecedented rise in cyber incidents in 2025, with attacks more than doubling from 864 in 2024 to 1,858 in 2025. This acceleration reflects a dramatic shift in threat actor behavior, ranging from ideologically-motivated disruptions to commercialized cyber crime as a service. Below is a concise snapshot of the three dominant trends before we unpack them in detail. more →

The Three Most Disruptive Cyber Trends Impacting The Financial Industry Today

Check Point, Friday, February 6th, 2026

What's New In GravityZone February 2026 (V 6.70)

Bitdefender rolled out an extensive list of updates and new functionality in Bitdefender GravityZone, a unified cybersecurity platform that provides prevention, protection, detection, and response capabilities for organizations of all sizes. more →

What's New In GravityZone February 2026 (V 6.70)

Citrix, Monday, February 2nd, 2026

A Leader Again - Here's What We Feel That Recognition Means For You

For the third year in a row, Citrix has received recognition across all five Use Cases in the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) report. That's more than an honor to Citrix. In our opinion, it's a signal to enterprises that proven, enterprise-grade digital workspace is here. more →

A Leader Again - Here's What We Feel That Recognition Means For You

Citrix, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

OpenClaw And Moltbook Preview The Changes Needed With Corporate AI Governance

If you've been following the tech news over the past few weeks, you've probably seen OpenClaw everywhere. OpenClaw is an open source, locally-running AI digital assistant & agent that connects to messaging platforms, executes real actions on your system, and has even spawned an entire AI-only social network (Moltbook) where agents interact on their own without human prompts. It's weird and fascinating and was not on my 2026 bingo card. more →

OpenClaw And Moltbook Preview The Changes Needed With Corporate AI Governance

ESET, Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Help Young Gamers Dodge Fortnite's Risks

Fortnite is more than just a popular game. It's a social space where children play, communicate, and form habits that reach beyond the screen. What are its main risks, and how can parents help kids have a safer experience? more →

Help Young Gamers Dodge Fortnite's Risks

Google, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Crawling Challenges: What The 2025 Year-End Report Tells Us.

Search Off the Record takes you behind the scenes of Google Search and its inner workings! In each episode, the folks from the Search Relations team will give you background info on the decision-making behind launches, feature prioritization in Search Console, and the projects Google Search teams are working on. more →

Crawling Challenges: What The 2025 Year-End Report Tells Us.

Google, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

The Latest AI News We Announced In January

Here's a recap of our biggest AI updates from January, including Personal Intelligence in the Gemini app and AI Mode, Gmail's AI upgrade, free SAT prep in Gemini and a new suite of AI tools to help retailers seize the AI opportunity. more →

The Latest AI News We Announced In January

Tintri, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Predictable Performance That Never Flinches - Eliminate Noisy Neighbors For Good

Ever had a 'noisy neighbor' workload tank your entire environment? Or spent hours chasing latency ghosts across layers? Noisy neighbors are workloads that hog shared resources and starve everything else. LUN/Volume architectures have struggled to resolve this challenge despite throwing as much Flash/NVMe at it as they can. more →

Predictable Performance That Never Flinches - Eliminate Noisy Neighbors For Good