CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge

A robust cybersecurity program needs a range of skilled people, yet many CISOs continue to face an ongoing skills shortage — and the squeeze may only get worse as AI gains traction. Some 95% of cybersecurity practitioners and decision-makers noted at least one security skills gap at their organization, with almost 60% citing critical or significant…

Your data left the building. Did anyone notice?

The question nobody is asking loudly enough I keep hearing the same AI conversation everywhere I go. Better models, faster inference, more capable agents. The race is on and everyone wants in. But something is missing. Most organizations I work with have already moved past experimentation. AI is embedded in workflows, shaping customer interactions, processing…

SAP to acquire data lakehouse vendor Dremio

SAP on Monday announced plans to acquire Dremio, which bills itself as an agentic lakehouse company, for an unspecified price. The move is complicated by similar offerings from existing SAP partners Snowflake and Databricks, but analysts point to key differences with Dremio, especially in its ability to work with data while it sits in the…

White House weighs pre-release reviews for high-risk AI models

The Trump administration is in early discussions about whether advanced AI models should be vetted before public release, according to reporting from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Axios. The conversations center on systems capable of facilitating cyberattacks, particularly models that could help users identify and exploit software vulnerabilities. Officials are considering…