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The Hidden Security Risks of Reduced Summer IT Coverage
Security operations don't slow down when IT teams take vacation, but staffing levels often do. Kaseya explains how AI-driven automation can help organizations maintain consistent security operations and reduce reliance on manual processes year-round. [...]
If You Can Write Acceptance Criteria, You Can Write an AI Routing Policy
TL;DR: The AI Routing Policy You moved your routine AI work to a cheaper model, so you think the cost question is handled; however, often, that is not the case. The decision lives in one person’s head and produces nothing that the person accountable for the invoices can read. Worse, it is an architectural choice nobody documented. The AI Routing Policy is the missing artifact of Stage 2 of the Delegation Lifecycle: it records which execution path, from a cheaper model to a frontier model to pla
Why we cannot wait for better post-quantum signature algorithms
NIST is advancing nine new post-quantum signature algorithms as potential candidates for future standardization. We take a closer look at all of them, and argue that while they are in the works and show great potential, we should use ML-DSA for now — the best one currently available.
A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway
Companies will once again be allowed to scan citizens’ personal texts, emails, and social media messages via the “Chat Control” bill to find child abuse material online.
Business intelligence plugins for Grafana: A support update
In January, we announced that Grafana Labs had assumed maintenance of the business intelligence (BI) plugins created by Volkov Labs, and committed to a six-month maintenance period. Today, we’re sharing an update: we're extending our maintenance commitment through the end of 2026. As announced earlier this year, that commitment includes maintaining compatibility with recent Grafana releases while handling bug fixes, security updates, and community contributions on a best-effort basis. We want t
Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities
Buffer overflow, DoS, command injection, SSRF, authentication bypass, and other types of vulnerabilities have been found in PAN-OS software. The post Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.
State agency's delay could mean free robotaxi rides in company’s new Ojai vehicle for a few months.
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