techradar.pro, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
AI Models Can't Fully Understand Security - And They Never Will
The fundamental limits of LLM understanding and what this means for secure software development more →
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techradar.pro, Monday, February 16th, 2026
Confronting AI's Data Privacy Paradox
Traditional infrastructure is struggling to keep up with AI's data privacy demands more →
techradar.pro, Friday, February 20th, 2026
The AI Mistake Most Enterprises Don't Discover Until It's Too Late
Your first AI agent worked. Scaling it might not. The most dangerous moment in an enterprise AI project is not failure. It's early success. more →
Analytics Insight, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
AI Failure Examples: What Real-World Breakdowns Teach CIOs
The real risk of AI isn't experimentation-it's deployment. Leaders must address governance, data gaps and oversight before scaling enterprise systems. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, February 20th, 2026
How Enterprise CISOs Design Their Cyber Risk Management Strategy
For today's CISOs, enterprise cyber risk management is no longer a technical exercise. It's a leadership mandate that sits at the intersection of security, business risk, regulation, and executive accountability. more →
The New Stack, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Rising Identity Complexity: How CISOs Can Prevent It From Becoming An Attacker's Roadmap
Learn how CISOs can combat identity sprawl and credential misuse by transforming IAM from an administrative utility into a proactive, threat-aware defense layer. more →
Analytics Insight, Monday, February 16th, 2026
Top 100 IT (Information Technology) and ITeS (IT-enabled Services) Companies in 2026
This article highlights the top 100 IT and ITes companies of 2026, celebrating the innovators revolutionizing digital infrastructure, boosting business efficiency, and inspiring technological breakthroughs. more →
CIO, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Seven Tips For Shedding A Back-Office IT Mentality
Today's CIOs routinely interact with vendors, customers, service providers, and many other front-facing parties. So, now is the time to end that obsolete back-office reputation. Female manager standing at table and addressing her team sitting in meeting room. Focus on hand of businesswoman in table while talking with colleagues in boardroom. more →
CIO, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
AI Isn't The Risk - Not Being Able To Explain It Is
AI won't break the enterprise by failing - it will break trust when leaders can't explain why it made a decision they're expected to defend. more →
CIO, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Why SaaS Cost Optimization Is An Operating Model Problem, Not A Budget Exercise
Cutting SaaS licenses may save money fast, but without clear ownership and process, you'll just trade spend for chaos. more →
DevOps.com, Friday, February 20th, 2026
When DevOps Meets The Cloud: A Real-World Transformation Story
DevOps and cloud adoption are often described as guaranteed upgrades for modern software teams. In practice, the transition is rarely smooth or predictable. It involves rethinking habits that have existed for years, questioning assumptions, and learning through a mix of progress and setbacks. more →
Innovation at Speed, Security at Scale: Exposure Management for the Next Era of Growth
As AI, cloud, and connected technologies rapidly expand the attack surface, security teams must focus on the risks that matter most. Join CISO leaders to explore how exposure management strengthens visibility, prioritization, and resilience, thus enabling organizations to innovate confidently while reducing their most critical cyber risks. more →
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
80% Of Att&Ck Mitre Techniques Now Dedicated To Evasion And Persistence
Defenders might be bummed, but not surprised, to know that adversaries have shifted from immediate disruption to long-lived access, according to research from Picus Labs. more →
Security Boulevard, Monday, February 16th, 2026
Firewall Penetration Testing: Definition, Process And Tools
Firewall penetration testing examines the firewall as a security control and identifies the weaknesses that allow unwanted traffic to reach internal systems. more →
Security Boulevard, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
How Modern Security Platforms Organize Rule
How should security rules be organized? At first glance, this sounds like a simple data-modeling choice. In practice, it defines the daily reality of security operations: how quickly incidents can be debugged, how safely policies can evolve, how easily new offices or user communities can be onboarded, and whether growth leads to clarity-or chaos. more →
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Securing Our Critical Infrastructure With Zero Trust
We are seeing a steady rise in cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and it's not surprising. Many of these systems rely on legacy software riddled with known vulnerabilities. When these systems fail, the impact moves quickly from networks to operations, and from operations to public safety. more →
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Security Metrics That Actually Predict A Breach
You know the drill - monitoring has basically turned into dashboard upon dashboard. What actually predicts a breach rarely fits neatly into a slide. The signals are uncomfortable, sometimes embarrassing, and usually harder to measure. more →
tech.co, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Report: 1 In 4 Data Breaches Exploit Third-Party Vulnerabilities
Plus, AI-powered phishing campaigns represented over 80% of social engineering events in 2025. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Why Most Breaches Happen After Launch: SaaS Security Testing Best Practices
As SaaS platforms expand in complexity, security cannot stop at deployment. Post-launch environments introduce new integrations, user access changes, and configuration updates that significantly increase risk exposure. more →
Security Boulevard, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Your Most Dangerous User Is Not Human: How AI Agents and MCP Servers Broke the Internal API Walled Garden
Last month, Microsoft quietly confirmed something that should keep every CISO up at night. more →
SecurityWeek, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Cyber Insights 2026: The Ongoing Fight To Secure Industrial Control Systems
As nation-state actors, ransomware groups, and aging infrastructure collide, organizations must rethink how they defend critical operations through resilience, visibility, and modern security strategies. more →
Building a Secure AI Strategy for the Enterprise
This virtual event explores the implications of this new world order of AI agents joining the business, including AI discovery, governance, identity, and how to put in place the proper guardrails. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Agentic AI In Cybersecurity Is A Smarter, Faster Path To Resilience
Generative AI is known for its creativity, quickly producing content and images with impressive accuracy. But there's another side to AI, the kind that autonomously gets things done. This is where Agentic AI comes in. more →
Security Boulevard, Monday, February 16th, 2026
AI-Driven Threat Detection For Quantum-Enabled Side-Channel Attacks
Ever wonder if your encrypted data is actually "talking" behind your back? It sounds like some sci-fi spy movie, but quantum computers are making side-channel attacks-where hackers listen to the physical "noise" of hardware-a massive problem for ai infrastructure. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, February 20th, 2026
AI-Empowered Cybersecurity: Key Events And Emerging Trends In 2025
In September 2025, Anthropic disclosed a groundbreaking incident-the world's first autonomous AI-driven cyberattack. This event, documented as the first large-scale cyber offensive primarily executed by AI with minimal human intervention, underscored the immense threat posed by AI agents in malicious applications. more →
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Can Agentic AI Operate Independently Of Continuous Human Oversight?
Have you ever pondered how non-human identities (NHIs) play a role? Where organizations migrate to cloud-based systems, security is dramatically shifting. NHIs, essentially machine identities, are rapidly becoming crucial to maintaining robust security protocols. more →
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
From Shadow APIs to Shadow AI: How the API Threat Model Is Expanding Faster Than Most Defenses
The shadow technology problem is getting worse. Over the past few years, organizations have scaled microservices, cloud-native apps, and partner integrations faster than corporate governance models could keep up, resulting in undocumented or shadow APIs. more →
Security Boulevard, Monday, February 16th, 2026
How Adaptable Are Agentic AI Systems To Evolving Cyber Threats?
The Importance of Managing Non-Human Identities in Cloud Security more →
The New Stack, Friday, February 20th, 2026
No Technology Has Me Dreaming Bigger Than AI
Stop the "toil swap." Move from AI speed to code impact with automated verification. Join Sonar Summit 2026 to build a trusted, agentic SDLC. more →
Analytics Insight, Monday, February 16th, 2026
Best Programming Languages To Learn In 2026
Programming languages need to adapt constantly to market needs. Companies now emphasize coding in data analytics, cloud architecture, scalability, security, and multi-platform development. more →
Analytics Insight, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Best Low-Code App Development Platforms In 2026 (Expert Guide)
Best Low-Code App Development Platforms in 2026 for Faster, Scalable, and Enterprise-Ready Applications more →
AI Observability Best Practices for Production-Ready AI
Join Dynatrace for a practical discussion on what AI observability looks like in production and the practices teams can use to make it work. We'll cover how engineering and operations teams can connect AI behavior to application performance, improve visibility across AI workflows, and reduce risk as adoption scales. more →
InfoQ, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
GlassFish 8.0 Delivers Compatibility with Jakarta EE 11, Enhanced Security and Improved Data Access
The Eclipse Foundation has released version 8.0.0 of Eclipse GlassFish, the lightweight open-source application server that, for many years, has served as a reference implementation and compatible implementation of JavaEE/Jakarta EE. more →
InfoQ, Monday, February 16th, 2026
Java News Roundup: JDK 26-RC1, Spring Framework, Open Liberty, EclipseStore, Gradle
This week's Java roundup for February 9th, 2026, features news highlighting: the first release candidate of JDK 26 and Gradle 9.4; milestone releases of Micrometer Metrics and Micrometer Tracing; beta releases of Open Liberty 26.0.0.2 and EclipseStore 4.0; and maintenance releases of Spring Framework, Micronaut, and Quarkus. more →
Akamai Technologies, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Why Cloud Reliability Depends On Imperfect Software
Over the last few years, the world has witnessed a number of notable cloud and IT service outages. Although the public has come to expect occasional technology disruptions, these outages were different in their breadth and depth of impact. They led to canceled flights, disrupted workplace productivity, malfunctioning connected devices in the home, and more. more →
Akamai Technologies, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Adapt, Protect, And Extend: How Partners Can Help Orgs Unlock ROI From AI
This blog post explores the "adapt, protect, and extend" maturity curve that was designed to help partners lead high-value consultative conversations. By understanding the rise of the agentic web and the evolution of user intent, partners can help customers navigate new risks while also capturing significant ROI. more →
Akamai Technologies, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Inside The Fix: Analysis Of In-The-Wild Exploit Of CVE-2026-21513
Microsoft's February 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed 59 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days. CVE-2026-21513 stands out because of its active exploitation, high impact, and ability to bypass browser security boundaries and trigger arbitrary file execution. more →
Akamai Technologies, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
From Clawdbot To Openclaw: Practical Lessons In Building Secure Agents
From Clawdbot to Moltbot to its current form OpenClaw, this technology has compressed years of security lessons into weeks. This agent doesn't just 'talk'; it has hands. It can execute shell commands, manage files, and interact directly with websites and APIs that you as a user might have access to - moving beyond passive access into active execution. more →
Akamai Technologies, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Zero Trust Switching: Why Firewalls Alone Can't Secure AI Workloads
In the first post of this series, we challenged the long-standing belief that security must be sacrificed at the cost of performance. In the second post, we confronted the reality that most modern data center traffic flows east-west, never crossing the perimeter. This final post merges these ideas and reframes the conversation entirely. more →
ZFS vs Ceph: Choosing the Right Storage Architecture
Join Klara's Allan Jude and Clyso's Dan van der Ster for a technical look at how each system works, which workloads suit which technology, and what you trade away when you scale out versus scale up. We'll cover the environments where the choice is obvious, and the ones where it isn't. more →
Cisco, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Cisco Explores The Expanding Threat Landscape Of AI Security For 2026 With Its Latest Annual Report
Thank you to all of the contributors of the State of AI Security 2026, including Amy Chang, Tiffany Saade, Emile Antone, and the broader Cisco AI research team. more →
Cisco, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
How Safe Are GPT-OSS-Safeguard Models?
Large language models (LLMs) have become essential tools for organizations, with open weight models providing additional control and flexibility for customizing models to their specific use cases. Last year, OpenAI released its gpt-oss series, including standard and, shortly after, safeguard variants, focused on safety classification tasks. more →
Cisco, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Converged North-South Networks: The Critical Path For AI Success
When we talk about building AI data centers, east-west GPU fabrics often steal the spotlight. But there's another traffic path that's just as critical: north-south connectivity. In today's AI environments, how your data center ingests data and delivers results at scale can make or break your AI strategy. more →
Cisco, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Unifying The Data Center With Cisco Nexus One: The Network That Works For You
Cisco has been hard at work revitalizing its data center switching portfolio, introducing exciting new developments across the Nexus 9000 (N9000) line. more →
Cisco, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
New AI repos catalog at Cisco DevNet Code Exchange
In Code Exchange, with thousands of code repositories, you can find examples created and maintained by Cisco engineering teams, community contributors, and individual developers. more →
Cisco, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Managing Industrial Security At Scale: Introducing Cyber Vision Site Manager And Splunk App
Your industrial footprint keeps expanding - more manufacturing plants, pumping stations, and power substations. But your security team isn't growing at the same pace. Here's what keeps CISOs awake: every new site increases your attack surface while resources stay flat. more →
CyberArk, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Why Reducing AI Risk Starts With Treating Agents As Identities
As AI systems are used in our day-to-day operations, a central reality becomes unavoidable: AI doesn't configure itself and must be set up with human approval and oversight. It requires engineers and developers to configure it. more →
CyberArk, Sunday, February 22nd, 2026
Why A Global Identity Strategy Requires Local Governance
For years, identity has been treated as a supporting function, authenticating users, gating access, and satisfying audit requirements. Important, but rarely foundational. That era is over. more →
ESET, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Docusign Phishing Emails: How To Spot And Stop Attacks Before It's Too Late
Docusign attacks are growing more sophisticated. Small businesses should strengthen their defenses through advanced cybersecurity and awareness training. more →
Building the AI Factory: CI/CD, GitOps, and Delivery for GenAI
Join our expert panel to discover why you shouldn't build a separate AI stack. Instead, learn actionable, engineering-focused solutions to manage GenAI by extending the disciplines you already use, including GitOps, CI/CD, policy-as-code, and declarative delivery. more →
Palo Alto Networks, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Introducing Unit 42 Managed XSIAM 2.0
The window for defense has collapsed, and most SOCs weren't built for the speed of today's attacks. According to the 2026 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report, some end-to-end attacks now unfold in under an hour. Attacks that used to take days or weeks now happen in minutes. more →
Palo Alto Networks, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Securing The Agentic Endpoint
Modern endpoints are no longer defined only by executables. Increasingly, endpoint behavior is shaped by non-binary software, such as code packages, browser extensions, IDE plugins, scripts, local servers (including MCP), containers and model artifacts. more →
Palo Alto Networks, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
2026 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report - Attacks Now 4X Faster
AI-Accelerated Attacks, Identity-Enabled Breaches and Expanding Software Supply Chain Exposure Define the 2026 Cyberthreat Landscape more →
Agentic AI: The Urgent Opportunity
Join this virtual event and discover how you can move beyond experimentation and strategically harness agentic AI to secure your competitive future. more →
Rubrik, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Rubrik Agent Cloud Reaches GA With Policy Controls For Agent Prompts/Responses
Rubrik has announced the general availability of Rubrik Agent Cloud, describing it as a layer between enterprise applications, AI agents, and the underlying large language models, aimed at bringing monitoring, governance, and remediation controls to agent operations. more →
Rubrik, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Introducing Rubrik Agent Cloud: Control Your Agents With AI
We're living through a pivotal moment in enterprise technology. Organizations are graduating from early experiments with AI and starting to allocate multi-million dollar budgets to the development of agentic AI. more →
SAP, Friday, February 20th, 2026
From Signals To Strategy: See How SAP Joule Agents Reimagine Supply Chain Planning
That's the premise of our new supply chain planning reimagined VisionVignette. It is an inside look at how Joule agents can help supply chain leaders spot emerging risks, test strategic scenarios, and move forward with conviction. more →
SASE Pivot and Trends 2026: A Gartner Keynote
Charanpal Bhogal, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, examines how SASE must expand to protect human and nonhuman identities, govern AI usage, secure agentic interactions and deliver flexible, sovereign security as data residency demands grow. He also breaks down the disruptions redefining the SASE market and what comes next. more →
