Priyanka has 10+ years of experience in Strategy, Community Building & Inbound Marketing and through CISO Platform has earlier worked with marketing teams of IBM, VMware, F5 Networks, Barracuda Network, Checkpoint, and more. Priyanka is passionate about Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Marketing Strategy. Earlier she co-founded CISO Platform- the world’s 1st online platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing among senior information security executives.
Every quarter a new three-letter acronym shows up in a vendor deck. Last year it was AEV. This year Gartner introduced COST. CTEM is everywhere. BAS has been around forever and still gets confused with red teaming. Pen test means six different things depending on who you ask. If you run a security program, the… Read More »BAS, CTEM, CART, Pen Test, VA, AEV, COST: What Each Actually Does, and When to Use What
A CISO’s reference for evaluating modern web app pentesting programs, what AI actually changes, and how to tell platforms apart from LLM wrappers. Quick Answer Web application penetration testing in 2026 looks structurally different from the annual consulting model most enterprises still run. The shift is driven by three mismatches: applications change daily but get… Read More »Web Application Penetration Testing in 2026: A Practical Guide for CISOs
AI is accelerating how fast attackers find vulnerabilities, build exploits, and make decisions. The question for security leaders is how to adapt without overreacting to the hype. A CISO Platform community panel of the same name took up that question with a global group: FireCompass founder and CEO Bikash Barai moderating, co-founder Arnab Chattopadhayay, a… Read More »The Mythos Threat Is Real: How CISOs Should Respond
On April 6, 2026, IRDAI issued revised Information and Cybersecurity Guidelines that go far beyond a regulatory refresh. They signal a fundamental shift in how India’s insurance sector must think about cyber risk — from compliance checkbox to continuous, board-accountable security. If you’re a CISO at an insurer, intermediary, web aggregator, or IIB, here’s what… Read More »IRDAI 2026 Cybersecurity Guidelines: What Changed? How To Respond?
Critical vulnerabilities dominated with Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressing 6 zero-days (CVE-2026-21510, CVE-2026-21513, CVE-2026-21514, CVE-2026-21519, CVE-2026-21533) exploited in Windows Shell and Office. ZLAN ICS devices face complete takeover via CVE-2026-XXXX series. Warlock ransomware exploited CVE-2026-23760 in SmarterMail. TeamPCP worm compromised 60K cloud servers. North Korea’s UNC1069 deployed AI deepfakes against crypto firms. FileZen command injection (CVE-2026-25108)… Read More »Weekly Report: New Hacking Techniques and Critical CVEs 10 Feb – 16 Feb 2026