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Thursday’s Briefing · February 5

InformationWeek, Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

The Stakes Rise For The CIO Role In 2026

Can the CIO job get much bigger? Yes. Pressure is rising for top CIOs as the role expands. Here's what's getting harder in 2026 -- and the few things that may be easier. more →

The Stakes Rise For The CIO Role In 2026

SC Media, Monday, January 26th, 2026

AI Identity Threats Top Executive Concern, Preparedness Lags

A new report from The Identity Underground reveals a stark disconnect, with 54% of executives naming AI-enhanced identity threats as their top concern for 2026, yet only 3% feel "very prepared" to defend against such attacks, according to Channel Insider. more →

AI Identity Threats Top Executive Concern, Preparedness Lags

Upcoming Event · Tue, Oct 13 · 1:00pm

Modernization That Ships with AI

Most companies are adding AI agents to legacy systems rather than modernizing how the work actually gets done. That may create isolated productivity gains, but it rarely removes the outdated applications, fragmented data, manual handoffs, and hidden dependencies that continue to slow the business. more →

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Modernization That Ships with AI (Oct. 13th)

IT Security Guru, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

Fighting The Next Evolution Of Email Threats With Layered, AI-Driven Security

For decades, email has been the backbone of corporate communications and for precisely this reason, it remains the attacker's preferred gateway into organisations. Phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and supply chain attacks continue to increase, with adversaries using AI and compromised accounts to bypass classic protection mechanisms. more →

Fighting The Next Evolution Of Email Threats With Layered, AI-Driven Security

Security Boulevard, Monday, January 26th, 2026

Cybersecurity's New Business Case: Fraud

What are the key challenges faced by organizations in managing cybersecurity for machine identities? With digital systems continue to evolve, cybersecurity professionals are increasingly focusing on the protection and management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs). more →

Cybersecurity's  New Business Case: Fraud

Security Boulevard, Friday, January 30th, 2026

The Complete Guide To Authentication Implementation For Modern Applications

Authentication is the foundation of application security, yet it's one of the most frequently mishandled aspects of software development. With credential-based attacks accounting for over 80% of data breaches and costing organizations an average of $4.45 million per incident, getting authentication right isn't just good practice-it's business critical. more →

The Complete Guide To Authentication Implementation For Modern Applications

Security Boulevard, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Top 6 Data Breaches Of January 2026

If you followed breach disclosures in January 2026, a pattern quickly became hard to ignore. Very different organizations reported incidents within a short span of time. more →

Top 6 Data Breaches Of January 2026

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

Top AI Technology & Cybersecurity Podcasts To Follow In 202

After scaling a CIAM platform to serve over 1 billion users and now building a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Platform for Cybersecurity companies - GrackerAI at the intersection of AI and B2B marketing, I've learned that staying current isn't optional - it's survival. more →

Top AI Technology & Cybersecurity Podcasts To Follow In 202

Security Boulevard, Monday, January 26th, 2026

How Do NHIs Deliver Value In Digital Security Landscapes?

The rapid expansion of cloud environments has ushered in a powerful yet complex challenge: managing digital identities that aren't tied to any one person. These Non-Human Identities (NHIs), which often take the form of machine identities, are integral to a secure and efficient ecosystem. But what value do they truly deliver, and how can organizations maximize their potential? more →

How Do NHIs Deliver Value In Digital Security Landscapes?

Security Boulevard, Friday, January 30th, 2026

How Secure Are Secrets Vaults In Cloud Environments

Machine identities have emerged as critical components that require immediate attention and robust management. Where organizations increasingly rely on digital transformations and cloud environments, the security of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets vaults cannot be overstated. more →

How Secure Are Secrets Vaults In Cloud Environments

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

What Are The Best Practices For NHI Management

Imagine you're managing a bustling airport, where travelers are constantly arriving and departing. Now, replace those travelers with machine identities, and you're picturing the modern cloud environment. more →

What Are The Best Practices For NHI Management

Solutions Review, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Debunking 4 Myths About HDDs

Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) have served as the backbone of the digital revolution for years - giving organizations a reliable storage medium for supporting the massive amount of data created, stored and archived each year. more →

Debunking 4 Myths About HDDs

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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The Gartner 2026 CEO Technology Agenda: How AI Drives Growth, Leadership Moves Beyond the CIO (Sept. 30th)

IoT NEWS, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

7 Top Edge Computing Solutions For IoT Devices

Edge computing lets IoT devices manage data faster and more efficiently. It is an important innovation that corresponds with the growth of IoT device use and the data challenges that come along with it. more →

7 Top Edge Computing Solutions For IoT Devices

Bitdefender, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Hugging Face Repositories Used To Spread Android RAT

Attackers are always searching for trustworthy domains they can use to host their files. These domains don't usually generate suspicious traffic, so criminals know they can use them to launch attacks that are harder to intercept. more →

Hugging Face Repositories Used To Spread Android RAT

Cloudflare, Monday, January 26th, 2026

Cable Cuts, Storms, And DNS: A Look At Internet Disruptions In Q4 2025

In 2025, we observed over 180 Internet disruptions spurred by a variety of causes - some were brief and partial, while others were complete outages lasting for days. In the fourth quarter, we tracked only a single government-directed Internet shutdown, but multiple cable cuts wreaked havoc on connectivity in several countries. more →

Cable Cuts, Storms, And DNS: A Look At Internet Disruptions In Q4 2025

Cloudflare, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Building Vertical Microfrontends On Cloudflare's Platform

Today, we're introducing a new Worker template for Vertical Microfrontends (VMFE). This template allows you to map multiple independent Cloudflare Workers to a single domain, enabling teams to work in complete silos - shipping marketing, docs, and dashboards independently - while presenting a single, seamless application to the user. more →

Building Vertical Microfrontends On Cloudflare's Platform

DDN, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Why Data Reduction Fails For AI Inference Pipelines

For more than a decade, data reduction technologies such as deduplication and compression have been marketed as universal solutions to storage cost and scale challenges. In traditional enterprise workloads, those techniques deliver real value. more →

Why Data Reduction Fails For AI Inference Pipelines

Red Hat, Thursday, January 29th, 2026

Context As Architecture: A Practical Look At Retrieval-Augmented Generation

In a previous article, The strategic choice: Making sense of LLM customization, we explored AI prompting as the first step in adapting large language models (LLMs) to real-world use. Prompting changes how an AI model responds in terms of tone, structure, and conversational behavior without changing what the model knows. more →

Context As Architecture: A Practical Look At Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Red Hat, Friday, January 30th, 2026

Friday Five - January 30, 2026

The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye. more →

Friday Five - January 30, 2026

Upcoming Event · Mon, Sep 21 · 1:00pm

Kubernetes & AI: Powering the Next Generation of Intelligent Infrastructure

Kubernetes has become the universal control plane for modern infrastructure - and now AI is accelerating that evolution. As organizations adopt AI native architectures, scale model training and inference, and push toward more autonomous operations, Kubernetes is emerging as the backbone for running intelligent, distributed systems at scale. more →

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Kubernetes & AI: Powering the Next Generation of Intelligent Infrastructure (Sept. 21st)

Varonis, Thursday, January 29th, 2026

Data Discovery Is Not Data Security

Data discovery has become an important part of every data security program. From prioritizing efforts to tightening permissions to deciding where to place compensating controls, a map of sensitive data helps prioritize remediation of controls and informs detection. more →

Data Discovery Is Not Data Security