The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced “…its collaboration with the nonprofit MITRE Corporation as part of its efforts to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). Through this award, NIST is investing $20 million to establish two centers to advance the delivery of
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The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.” The December 26, 2025 report entitled “As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/ai-debt-investors.html) included this comments from reporter Joe Rennison
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DarkReading.com reported that “…ServiceNow’s plans for autonomous cybersecurity, and building a security stack to proactively manage AI.” The December 23, 2025 article entitled ” ServiceNow Buys Armis for $7.75B, Boosts ‘AI Control Tower’” (https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/servicenow-buys-armis-gets-ai-control-tower) included these comments about ServiceNow:
ServiceNow continues its aggressive shopping spree to build out
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DarkReading.com reported that “Digital transformation has made cybersecurity preparation part of operational resilience for most organizations. This calls for a new relationship between CISOs and COOs.” The December 12, 2025 article entitled ” The CISO-COO Partnership: Protecting Operational Excellence” (https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/the-ciso-coo-partnership-protecting-operational-excellence) included these comments:
At first glance, the chief
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SCWorld.com reported that “A threat actor was observed using device code phishing to trick unsuspecting users into granting a cybercriminal access to their Microsoft 365 accounts.” The December 22, 2025 article entitled ” Threat groups steal identities to access Microsoft 365 accounts” (https://tinyurl.com/269zurae) included these comments:
In
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SCWorld.com reported “Security leaders and practitioners face new and increasingly complex identity‑based threats including phishing, credential theft, deepfakes, and privilege misuse.” The December 19, 2025 article entitled “Identity: the new battleground in our emerging AI world” (https://tinyurl.com/ynhp5tbh) included these comments:
Nearly 80% of detections in CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global
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SCWorld.com reported that “OpenAI has released plans for a future of AI models with advanced cybersecurity capabilities, outlining plans to prevent misuse and empower cyber defenders…, OpenAI said it will now treat all of its future models as though they could reach “High” cybersecurity capabilities under the company’s Preparedness Framework.
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write. Anyone can get writing help from Microsoft’s Copilot genAI tool via the free Copilot web or mobile app. But Copilot becomes especially useful when it’s integrated with various Microsoft 365 apps.” The December 16, 2025 article entitled ” Microsoft Copilot can boost your writing in Word, Outlook, and OneNote
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SCworld.com reported that “Frameworks like NIST AI RMF and laws like the EU AI Act provide useful reference points for AI governance. But they focus on obligations for AI developers and deployers, not on how enterprise buyers should evaluate vendors.” The December 18, 2025 article entitled ” Why traditional procurement
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Computerworld.com reported that “When Anthropic cancelled the AI account of a Swiss company that depended on the service, the move was entirely automated. A lawyer got involved and the account was restored within a day — minus 80% of the data. Oops.” The December 18, 2025 article entitled “Using AI
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