AI has already changed offensive security. The open question for security leaders is what to do about it. A recent EC-Council CyberTalks session of the same name addressed the question directly, featuring FireCompass co-founders Bikash Barai and Arnab Chattopadhayay, along with a CISO from a global financial group. What follows is the part a CISO… Read More »FC & ECC Panel – The Mythos Threat Is Real: How CISOs Should Respond
The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report dropped this week, and for the first time in the report’s 19-year history, vulnerability exploitation has overtaken credential abuse as the top initial access vector. Exploited vulnerabilities now account for 31% of breaches, up from 20% the year before. Credentials dropped from 22% to 13%. Read past the… Read More »Verizon DBIR 2026: The Year Vulnerability Exploitation Beat Credentials. What It Means for Your Pen Testing Program
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