Cloud Native Now, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
From Controls to Continuous Assurance: Rethinking GRC for Cloud-Native Environments
Periodic compliance audits can't keep pace with cloud-native infrastructure that changes hourly. more →
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Thursday’s Briefing · September 3
Outlook for Data Security: Going From Reactive to Resilient
In this complimentary Gartner webinar, Gartner experts will explore the evolution to data-centric security, the role of AI-driven adaptive controls and the importance of aligning incident response with business continuity. more →
The Next Web, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
As AI Reshapes Business, the Fractional CTO Finds Its Moment
Growth-stage companies are hiring fractional CTOs for AI expertise instead of full-time executives. more →
Analytics Insight, Friday, August 28th, 2026
CDO 2027 Checklist: 10 Priorities for Moving From Digital Transformation to AI Transformation
Chief data officers must own data fitness, governance, and provenance to lead enterprise AI transformation. more →
Analytics Insight, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
CISO 2027 Checklist: 10 Cybersecurity Risks Leaders Need to Watch
CISOs must prepare for AI-driven attacks, agentic AI risk, identity abuse, and quantum threats by 2027. more →
CIO, Monday, August 24th, 2026
What The CIO Role Will Look Like In 2029
By 2029 the CIO will orchestrate an AI-embedded enterprise rather than simply implement technology, say Hall of Fame CIOs. more →
CIO, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The Enterprise AI Race Will Be Won by Platform Teams, Not Prompt Engineers
Platform engineering, not prompt engineering, will determine which enterprises succeed with AI at scale. more →
CIO, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
5 Hard Truths Of Change Management
Change management has become continuous rather than finite, straining organizational capacity and requiring built-in trust. more →
DevOps.com, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Preparing Infrastructure for the Next Phase of Agentic AI
Agencies should redesign infrastructure for agentic AI around workflows rather than hardware purchases. more →
DevOps.com, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Production Validation: The Missing Layer in Enterprise Releases
Enterprise releases need production validation as a business-control layer beyond traditional testing. more →
DevOps.com, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Report Shines Spotlight on 91 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Latest Update to Spring Framework
Sonatype found 91 patched Spring Framework vulnerabilities affecting over 209,000 components from Broadcom. more →
DevOps.com, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Scalable Jenkins Management: Empowering Enterprises With Centralized Control for 150+ Instances
A Jenkins fleet control plane cut administrative overhead through centralized automation and observability. more →
DevOps.com, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The AI Agent Race Is On. But Are We Watching the Right Race?
Competing AI coding agents look different depending on which metric you use to measure the market. more →
DevOps.com, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The Blind Spot Between Back-End Metrics and User Experience
Backend monitoring alone misses frontend performance problems that damage user experience and revenue. more →
The Register, Friday, August 28th, 2026
BOFH: Schrödinger's Petty Cash Puts Us in a Very Awkward Superposition
The BOFH battles petty cash bureaucracy with quantum physics metaphors and a staged laptop incident. more →
The Register, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Check Out the Width of That Debian Display
A Scottish digital billboard has been stuck on a Debian login prompt since its operator went into liquidation. more →
The Register, Friday, August 28th, 2026
On Call: Exec Couldn't Identify a Photocopier, Which Made for a Fax-Inating Tech Support Call
An executive mistook a photocopier for a fax machine, producing a memorable tech support call. more →
The Register, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Batch File Automated a Clean-Up Job, Then Fouled Itself by Deleting the Wrong Directory
A maintenance batch script meant to defrag Exchange deleted critical Windows NT 4 system files instead. more →
Cloud Native Now, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Autoscaling AI Workloads on Kubernetes With KEDA and What It Means for Agentic Systems
KEDA's queue-based autoscaling fixes a blind spot in Kubernetes HPA for bursty AI and agentic workloads. more →
Data Center Knowledge, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Liquid Cooling Options: RDHx, Direct-to-Chip, Immersion
Three liquid cooling approaches address AI rack densities that have moved well past air cooling limits. more →
Data Center Knowledge, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
How Data Centers Are Using AI to Run Cooler and Smarter
Operators are deploying AI for cooling, power and fault management, though full autonomy remains distant. more →
Building an Effective Red Team: Beyond Penetration Testing
Attendees will explore red team methodologies, operational security, and organizational integration that maximize red team programs' value and effectively test detection and response capabilities while providing actionable improvement recommendations. more →
CX Dive, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Customers Still Want Access To A Human In Customer Service
A Gartner survey of 3,500+ customers finds most still want the option to reach a human agent. 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 →
Analytics Insight, Saturday, August 29th, 2026
AI Is Changing Hiring: 7 Skills Employers Will Value Most in 2027
Employers will prize AI literacy, analytical thinking, adaptability, and accountability over credentials by 2027. more →
Architecture & Governance Magazine, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Architects Will Define the Next Generation of IT
AI compresses the software lifecycle, elevating experienced architects rather than replacing them. more →
Architecture & Governance Magazine, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Closing The Technology Architect Gap Starts With Building A Mentor Pipeline
The US faces a severe shortage of technology architects, and the bottleneck is a lack of mentors, not students. more →
Architecture & Governance Magazine, Friday, August 28th, 2026
Role Definition Is Not Enough: A Response To 'Build A Better Enterprise Architect'
A critique argues that narrowly redefining the enterprise architect role misses the systemic changes needed for real impact. more →
HR Dive, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Hiring Managers Say They Trust AI - But Actively Manage Issues With It
A survey finds 91% of HR leaders use AI in recruiting, but 80% actively manage problems like bias and lost candidate trust. more →
HR Dive, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
What Mentorship Looks Like In The Disconnected Era
Flexible, informal mentorship programs outperform rigid structures in today's hybrid, disconnected workplace. more →
Anysphere, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
IMDEX Uses Cursor to Build Integrated Subsurface Data and Analytics Platform in Months, Not Years
Mining technology firm IMDEX reports developing at 10x its pre-AI pace using Cursor to consolidate geological data systems. more →
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 →
Check Point, Monday, August 24th, 2026
24th August - Threat Intelligence Report
Check Point's weekly bulletin reports a Latvian CSDD breach affecting payment records of over 1.2 million people. more →
Check Point, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Check Point Blocks Large-Scale Debt-Relief Email Phishing Campaign Targeting More Than 9,000 Organizations
Check Point blocked roughly 24,700 debt-relief phishing emails aimed at more than 9,000 organizations over 14 days. more →
Check Point, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Stopping the AI Agent Actions No Rule Could See Coming
Check Point introduces contextual AI protection that judges an agent's intent and behavior across steps, not single payloads. more →
AI Is Ready. Is Your Data?
Justin Yan will bring a customer-inspired scenario to life through a demonstration - covering ETL pipeline construction, large-scale pipeline operations, and automated governance enforcement using AI agents. Participants are encouraged to question the approach and compare it against their own data challenges. This is not a conversation about doing the same work a little faster. It is a conversation about how the way enterprises deliver data is about to fundamentally change. more →
Cisco, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The Safety Penalty: Reclaiming Operational Sovereignty in the Age of AI
Cisco Talos describes a 'safety penalty' where restrictive frontier models slow real-time incident response. more →
Cisco, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Choose Your Fighter: Balancing Competing Requirements to Select Models for Your AI SOC
Cisco Talos walks through the trade-offs in picking a model for SOC and DFIR work. more →
Cisco, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
New Cisco Secure AI Factory With NVIDIA: Built for Rack-Scale Era
Cisco expands its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, adding compute and networking options for rack-scale AI deployments. more →
Cisco, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
More Than Rack-Scale Compute: Operationalizing AI at Scale
Cisco describes a pre-validated approach to rack-scale AI infrastructure aimed at shortening the path to production. more →
Cisco, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Cisco Security Certification Updates: Your Questions Answered
Cisco answers the ten most common questions about its security certification changes, including timing and VPN content moves. more →
Cisco, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
MyAgent and the Rise of Ambient Intelligence: Cisco's Next Step in Enterprise AI
Cisco's MyAgent moves enterprise AI past chat toward ambient intelligence with persistent context that turns intent into action. more →
Citrix, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Endpoints Will Fail. The Business Cannot.
Citrix argues endpoint resiliency starts with dual boot, given that ransomware and bad patches both take fleets offline. more →
Citrix, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
How Top Financial Services and Insurance Institutions Are Advancing Security and Productivity Together in 2026
Citrix continues its FSI series on escaping the trade-off between security controls and employee productivity. more →
Cohere, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
The State of Sovereign AI Adoption
An IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Cohere examines drivers and barriers to sovereign AI adoption in critical industries. more →
Cohere, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
FDEs: Building Capacity, Not Dependency
Cohere argues forward-deployed engineers should accelerate AI deployment while building internal customer capability. more →
Cohere, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Introducing Parse: Enterprise Document Intelligence at Scale
Cohere launches Parse, a vision parsing model converting complex documents, tables and images into structured data. more →
Cohere, Friday, August 28th, 2026
Generative AI for Business: Use Cases, Benefits and Adoption
Cohere surveys how businesses use generative AI, the benefits and challenges, and a practical adoption approach. more →
Huntress, Monday, August 24th, 2026
New View for Security Incident Investigations
Huntress opens up its SOC investigation process, including cases closed as benign, in a new Investigations view. more →
Huntress, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
What Good Identity Hardening Looks Like
Huntress argues MFA is only the starting line and describes what mature identity hardening involves. more →
Huntress, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Insights into Suspected DPRK Workers
Huntress analyzes DPRK remote IT worker incidents in partner environments and lists red flags for detection. more →
Huntress, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
New Huntress Managed ITDR Dashboard: Faster Identity Investigations
Huntress redesigns its Managed ITDR dashboard with Rapid Identity Triage, Failed Login Characterization and Quick SIEM search. more →
Huntress, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Retail Cybersecurity in ANZ: Five Decisions That Keep Trading
Huntress sets out five security decisions for Australian and New Zealand retailers focused on maintaining trading continuity. more →
Huntress, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
The AI Attack Surface: How Threat Actors Abuse Trusted AI Platforms
Huntress examines how attackers abuse trusted AI platforms such as Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini to deliver malware and steal data. more →
Lenovo, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Lenovo Expands Its Gaming Lineup With New LOQ Essential PCs and Legion Monitors
Lenovo adds new LOQ laptops and a LOQ tower alongside new Legion gaming monitors. more →
Lenovo, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Lenovo Cuts Time Spent Searching for Information by 30% With Knowledge Super Agent
Lenovo's Knowledge Super Agent gives 3,000 employees conversational access to enterprise information, saving 30% of search time. more →
Lenovo, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Lenovo Resolves Customer Support Issues 25% Faster With Connected AI Agents
Lenovo's global support organization deployed connected AI agents that prevent device disruption and automate repair. more →
Building the AI Factory: CI/CD, GitOps, and Delivery for GenA
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 →
NVIDIA, Monday, August 24th, 2026
How NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX Unlocks Ultrafast Interactivity at Long Context on NVIDIA Vera Rubin
NVIDIA details how Groq 3 LPX sustains interactive token generation at long context lengths on Vera Rubin NVL72. more →
NVIDIA, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Restore LLM Inference Capacity in Seconds With Shadow Engine Recovery in NVIDIA Dynamo
NVIDIA Dynamo's Shadow Engine Recovery avoids cold restarts when an LLM engine process fails. more →
NVIDIA, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Delivering Vera: NVIDIA's First CPU Built for Agents Is Shipping Now
NVIDIA's Vera CPU, its first processor designed for AI agents, has begun shipping at scale across the AI ecosystem. more →
NVIDIA, Friday, August 28th, 2026
Deploy an Open Model From Checkpoint to Inference in Two Commands With NVIDIA TensorRT Model Connect
TensorRT Model Connect reduces open model deployment from custom conversion code to two commands. more →
Okta, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Add Cross App Access to Your OIDC Resource Application
Okta guides OIDC resource applications through implementing Cross App Access using the Identity Assertion Authorization Grant. more →
Okta, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Supercharge Auth With Signals and the New Okta Angular SDK
Okta's Angular SDK goes fully standalone, with a provideOktaAuth function, functional guards and signal-based group loading. more →
Rapid7, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Identity-as-a-Service: Uncovering Dark Web Marketplaces Trading Executive SSNs
Rapid7 investigates dark web marketplaces selling executives' Social Security numbers, a permanent form of exposure. more →
Cloud Incident Response: Forensics in Distributed Environments
This webinar addresses the unique challenges of cloud forensics, including ephemeral resources, limited access to underlying infrastructure, and multi-tenant considerations. more →
Red Hat, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Taming the Agent Beast: From Monolithic Prompt to Modular Agentic Workflow
Red Hat built an agentic pipeline that enriches Jira tickets automatically, cutting triage time from hours to minutes. more →
Red Hat, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Open Telco AI: Training a Model for an Industry
Red Hat covers OTel 2.0, the telecom-focused open model that has passed 5 million downloads since release. more →
Red Hat, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Modernizing Database Workloads on Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat sets out options for running SQL, NoSQL, vector and in-memory database workloads on OpenShift. more →
Red Hat, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Modernize With Confidence: Build a Threat-Resistant Linux Foundation With Red Hat Consulting
Red Hat Consulting formalizes RHEL modernization discovery and planning into a two-week intensive engagement. more →
Red Hat, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Beyond the Model: Architecting Production-Grade Enterprise AI Systems
Red Hat argues enterprise AI fails when the conversation stops at model selection rather than architecture and operations. more →
Red Hat, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Automating Edge Recovery: Minimizing Unplanned Downtime With Red Hat Edge
Red Hat applies automated recovery at the edge to the manufacturing problem of unplanned downtime. more →
Sysdig, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Kubernetes 1.37 - New Security Features
Sysdig reviews the security implications of Kubernetes 1.37, including volume mounting changes and webhook authentication by default. more →
The Ready-for-Anything Data Center: Addressing Today's Biggest Challenges
In this 45-minute webinar, data center experts from ABM and RavenVolt will go deep into the strategic, business, and operational mandates in today's data centers. They will give you insights from what is happening today and how leading companies are thinking strategically and operationally-with an intense focus on solutions. more →
Tierpoint, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
AI Cyber Attacks in 2026: Top Threats and Security Strategies
TierPoint examines how AI acts as a force multiplier for phishing, ransomware and DDoS, and how to defend. more →
Tierpoint, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
What Is Cloud FinOps? A Framework for Achieving Cost Clarity
TierPoint explains cloud FinOps as a framework connecting engineering, finance and business teams for cost visibility. more →