Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tech CEO Covering Cybersecurity, AI, Compliance & National Security. Every year I conduct a year end review to understand the ...

2025 was a big year for cybersecurity, with major cyberattacks, data breaches, threat groups reaching new notoriety levels, and, of course, zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in incidents. Some ...

For cybersecurity startups in 2025, the emergence of AI and agentic have rapidly come to dominate—though there are plenty of signs that it’s not just marketing hype. Beyond the massive funding rounds ...

As I covered in my year-end cyber review last month, there were numerous headline-grabbing cybersecurity stories in 2025 — many focused on AI. So as we look back 12 months, what were the most popular ...

The year was marked by the acceleration of AI adoption by both defenders and attackers, greater third-party risks, and intensified governance pressure. Over the last 12 months, security teams ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. As 2025 draws to a close, Finextra looks back at the most ...

The 2025 ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study finds that skills shortages now pose a greater risk to security effectiveness than staffing levels, even as budget pressures show signs of stabilizing.

2025 marked another year of significant legislative and regulatory advances at the federal and state levels for data privacy and security, in ways that were both expected and unexpected. As was ...

2026 text written on a blue flowing binary code background. New Year 2026 celebration concept. 2026 is a pivotal juncture for cybersecurity. What was once considered an operational safety net and a ...

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) regulations. Those regulations required ...

In a digital era where software vulnerabilities can topple companies and compromise entire infrastructures overnight, OpenAI’s latest experiment takes aim at one of technology’s oldest weaknesses: ...