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Can Your Security Stack Handle AI? An Empirical Assessment of Enterprise Controls Versus Generative AI Risks

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 6 Nov 2025

Evaluating Large Language Models for Automated Threat Modeling: A Comparative Analysis

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 6 Nov 2025

Building Scalable Detection-as-Code Pipelines with Agentic Validation and Refinement

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 6 Nov 2025

Isolated Trust: Zero Trust in Standalone Systems

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 6 Nov 2025

Modernizing OT Security: How Frenos Uses Digital Twin Technology, AI and Threat Emulation to Transform Security Posture and Compliance

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 28 Oct 2025
  • Jason Dely, Tim Conway

Adversary-Aware IOC Retention: Analyzing Time-to-Live Patterns by Threat Actor Attribution

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Breaking Time: Methods, Artifacts, and Forensic Detection of Timestomping on FAT32, Ext3, and Ext4 File Systems

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Breaking Through Deception: Addressing Barriers in the Adoption of Cyber Deception Technologies

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response
  • 23 Oct 2025

Interrogators: Attack Surface Mapping in an Agentic World

WhitepaperOffensive Operations
  • 23 Oct 2025

AI for Security and Security for AI: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma

Cloud Security Groundhog Day: Avoiding Recurring Mistakes in a Dynamic Landscape

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma

Defending Against Modern Threats: Applying Zero Trust in Real Enterprise Environments

WhitepaperCloud Security
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Dr. Paul Vixie, Frank Kim, Simon Vernon, Brandon Evans, Dave Shackleford, Wesley Kuzma