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Cyber consultancy Reversec has named former Accenture executive Åse Holmberg Zetterlund as CEO to drive its next phase of global expansion.

Cybersecurity is missing vital human insight; drawing in women and non‑STEM talent could close both the threat and perspective gaps.

As cyber threats grow, more women are entering security roles, yet leadership remains male-dominated, risking lost talent and weaker defences.

LevelBlue launches Resilience Retainer, a flexible funds-based cyber incident response service with rapid SLAs and rollover security spend.

Homogeneous cybersecurity leadership is a critical, overlooked point of failure; true defence in depth demands diversity as a core control.

F5 Labs launches monthly AI security leaderboards, ranking popular models on new indices of risk, resilience and cost under live attack.

Security debt hits 82% of organisations as legacy flaws linger over a year, with third-party code driving most critical vulnerabilities.

Horizon3.ai appoints defence veteran Dan Bird MBE as EMEA field CTO to sharpen offensive security amid rising regional cyber threats.

Simbian launches an AI Pentest Agent that runs continuous, adaptive penetration tests, promising faster, context-aware vulnerability detection.

CISOs say AI is spreading faster than they can secure it, with poor visibility and skills gaps leaving critical systems increasingly exposed.

3DiVi unveils four-layer defence model to harden face authentication against deepfakes and spoofing as remote ID checks surge globally.

CompTIA unveils SecAI+ certification to equip cybersecurity professionals with AI security, risk management and governance skills.

Hackers are abandoning noisy ransomware to quietly steal data, as a report finds 80% of top attack techniques now focus on evasion.

Cyber firms warned over 'verification crisis' as tools flag floods of flaws but only 0.47% prove exploitable, leaving real risk unresolved.

Bitget and BlockSec launch a UEX Security Standard, urging provable, system-wide safeguards for unified multi-asset trading platforms.

SpecterOps has launched BloodHound Scentry, a managed identity risk service to find and remediate attack paths across complex environments.

Flare reports 114% annual growth among MSSPs as providers consolidate threat intelligence tools to boost services without extra analyst strain.

Routine admin tools, not exotic exploits, let attackers race across networks, compromising over half of systems in under an hour.

AI-fuelled cyberattacks overwhelm defenders as false positives swamp security teams and critical threats slip through in 2026, Hadrian warns.

AI security fears and rapid release cycles are pushing firms to demand faster, deeper pentesting - and many are ready to ditch existing vendors.