2025-12-22 A log correlation engine automates the process of linking fragmented event data across diverse systems, transforming raw logs into real-time, actionable insights. By normalizing data and applying correlation rules, it reduces alert fatigue, accelerates incident detection (MTTD), and enables faster root cause analysis for improved security and operational efficiency.
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AI adoption is no longer a trend; it is a sprint. While 81% of AI usage occurs outside the view of IT departments, the "Shadow AI" phenomenon presents a significant financial risk. To protect the bottom line, IT leaders must shift from simple "shadow" detection to a comprehensive ROI-based governance model.
In the age of AI, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) extends beyond licensing. It includes the "ownership" of risk created by unvetted tools:
Governing Shadow AI is a strategy of cost avoidance. By implementing automated security controls, organizations effectively eliminate a "shadow tax." According to IBM's 2024 data, extensive use of security AI and automation lowers breach costs by an average of $2.2 million—a direct governance dividend for the proactive enterprise.
Apply these four steps to convert Shadow AI liabilities into managed assets:
IT leaders have the unique opportunity to enable innovation while strictly protecting the organization's financial health. By shedding light on Shadow AI, you stop burning resources on hidden risks and start investing in secure, scalable growth.
About JumpCloud
At JumpCloud, our mission is to build a world-class cloud directory. Not just the evolution of Active Directory to the cloud, but a reinvention of how modern IT teams get work done. The JumpCloud Directory Platform is a directory for your users, their IT resources, your fleet of devices, and the secure connections between them with full control, security, and visibility.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
of CISOs are open to a career move within the next year, driven by exhaustion and organizational misalignment rather than a desire for better titles.
The modern CISO role has become a study in contradictions: accountability and personal liability continue to rise while authority and budgets remain static. A primary driver of this exhaustion is the “operational tax” generated by fragmented security stacks.
To prevent burnout, organizations must prioritize consolidation over accumulation. Success is measured by reducing the human cost of maintaining the security stack.
CISO burnout is not a personnel problem; it is an industry problem. Wellness programs are insufficient—the role itself requires a structural redesign focused on simplicity and consolidation. Only by adopting architectures that shrink the operational burden can we ensure the long-term success of cybersecurity leadership.
About Portnox
Portnox provides simple-to-deploy, operate and maintain network access control, security and visibility solutions. Portnox software can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud-delivered service, or in hybrid mode. It is agentless and vendor-agnostic, allowing organizations to maximize their existing network and cybersecurity investments. Hundreds of enterprises around the world rely on Portnox for network visibility, cybersecurity policy enforcement and regulatory compliance. The company has been recognized for its innovations by Info Security Products Guide, Cyber Security Excellence Awards, IoT Innovator Awards, Computing Security Awards, Best of Interop ITX and Cyber Defense Magazine. Portnox has offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For information visit http://www.portnox.com, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.。
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, traditional perimeter security creates bottlenecks. SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) solves this by moving security functions closer to the user, combining wide-area networking (WAN) with comprehensive security tools in a single, cloud-delivered model.
Consolidating your security stack into a reputable SASE framework delivers immediate operational benefits:
NordLayer facilitates SASE adoption through a robust Security Service Edge (SSE) solution. By integrating encrypted remote access, role-based access control (RBAC), and continuous monitoring, NordLayer helps organizations build a resilient, identity-centric security architecture.
About Nord Security
The web has become a chaotic space where safety and trust have been compromised by cybercrime and data protection issues. Therefore, our team has a global mission to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere.
About NordLayer
NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses – from the world’s most trusted cybersecurity brand, Nord Security.
The web has become a chaotic space where safety and trust have been compromised by cybercrime and data protection issues. Therefore, our team has a global mission to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
In modern AMI environments, smart meters and gateways communicate in highly predictable streams. Deviations from these patterns provide high-fidelity signals for configuration errors or security intrusions. These playbooks offer a structured approach to detecting and validating the most frequent network-level anomalies.
New hardware appearing in AMI subnets often indicates undocumented field work, meter replacement, or unauthorized vendor access.
Mendel Detection: Automatically identifies new assets and classifies them by role (e.g., DLMS/COSEM Server).
Emergent use of new protocols or ports may signal unauthorized firmware updates, diagnostic tool misuse, or configuration drift.
Communication outside of approved boundaries (e.g., traffic to the public internet) typically indicates routing failures or firewall misconfigurations.
Unexpected application-layer SET operations can indicate unauthorized manipulation of meter values or settings.
Network-level visibility transforms anomaly detection into a practical operational control. By following these playbooks, teams can maintain a predictable AMI environment and detect security deviations early.
About GREYCORTEX
GREYCORTEX uses advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data mining methods to help organizations make their IT operations secure and reliable.
MENDEL, GREYCORTEX’s network traffic analysis solution, helps corporations, governments, and the critical infrastructure sector protect their futures by detecting cyber threats to sensitive data, networks, trade secrets, and reputations, which other network security products miss.
MENDEL is based on 10 years of extensive academic research and is designed using the same technology which was successful in four US-based NIST Challenges.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
Anscombe will join industry experts on February 9 for the session “Assessing AI Risk Management Frameworks”. The panel will investigate how organizations can scale AI through model integrity and explore the cybersecurity responses currently shaping global AI policy. Alongside moderators and peers from LevelBlue, TrendAI, and Deloitte, the session will focus on the architectures required to support safe enterprise automation.
Through strategic collaborations with partners such as Amwins and Patriot Growth Insurance Services, ESET is actively closing the gap between security posture and insurance eligibility. By combining advanced Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with comprehensive risk assessments, ESET empowers businesses to better qualify for critical cyber coverage.
For more information on ESET’s work partnering with cyber insurance vendors, and how to become qualified, visit here.
About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
Action1 pioneers autonomous endpoint management with an infinitely scalable, highly secure, cloud-native platform configurable in 5 minutes — and it just works, with no VPN needed.
First 200 endpoints are free forever: test as long as you want in your enterprise or use perpetually in your small business.
Enable IT security and operations teams to detect, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities to ensure continuous compliance – all while reducing costs and making your enterprise secure.
Automate the entire patching process for remote and onsite endpoints, from identifying and deploying missing updates to compliance reporting.
Prevent security breaches and ransomware attacks. Detect vulnerabilities in OS and applications in real-time, and enforce remediation.
Action1 is the first vendor focusing on patch management certified for SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and TX-RAMP.
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The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog is a critical global signal, yet it is often misunderstood as a simple to-do list. To address the challenges of reasoning under uncertainty, we are introducing two new resources designed to help defenders analyze KEV data with the rigor required for modern environments.
A new report by former CISA Section Chief Tod Beardsley. This analysis investigates how KEV entries behave in practice and identifies the interactions between scoring systems and commodity exploitation that truly matter to defenders.
A community-driven web application and open-source dataset. It allows security teams to “smash together” risk signals to explore how different combinations of data change the reality of operational risk.
The KEV is not a definitive list of the most dangerous vulnerabilities; it is an operational tool shaped by specific exploitation criteria. Effective prioritization requires a combination of signals because no single metric provides a complete picture:
Developed by runZero, the KEV Collider enables investigators to layer the CISA KEV with the enrichment data needed to distinguish between theoretical risks and immediate emergencies. This approach allows teams to move toward evidence-based reasoning where prioritization is treated as a hypothesis to be tested and revised.
About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
AI assistants require context to be effective, which means they must “read” and extract data from the pages you visit. This shifts the security logic in three ways:
| Vendor/Feature | Data Behavior | Security Warning |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome “Help me write” | Sends text, page content, and URLs to Google. | Explicitly warns against use on pages with sensitive info. |
| Microsoft Edge Copilot | Accesses browsing context and history with permission. | Provides enterprise policies to limit data flow in corporate environments. |
| Brave Leo | Claims no chat retention or use for model training. | Third-party models may log requests for a limited time. |
| Opera AI | Processes page content as standard AI input. | Recommends avoiding sites with financial or private information. |
A defense-in-depth strategy is required to manage these emerging risks:
About Nord Security
The web has become a chaotic space where safety and trust have been compromised by cybercrime and data protection issues. Therefore, our team has a global mission to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere.
About NordLayer
NordLayer is an adaptive network access security solution for modern businesses – from the world’s most trusted cybersecurity brand, Nord Security.
The web has become a chaotic space where safety and trust have been compromised by cybercrime and data protection issues. Therefore, our team has a global mission to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
2025-12-22 A log correlation engine automates the process of linking fragmented event data across diverse systems, transforming raw logs into real-time, actionable insights. By normalizing data and applying correlation rules, it reduces alert fatigue, accelerates incident detection (MTTD), and enables faster root cause analysis for improved security and operational efficiency.
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