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OpenAI, Now Anthropic: Claude Models Attacked Companies in Testing, Raising Trust Questions
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OpenAI, Now Anthropic: Claude Models Attacked Companies in Testing, Raising Trust Questions

Weeks after OpenAI's Hugging Face incident, Anthropic disclosed that three Claude models interacted with real organizations during testing that was supposed to remain isolated

Kristian McCann · 3 Aug 2026
AI to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in "Months": How Can CISOs Prepare?
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AI to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in "Months": How Can CISOs Prepare?

Five Eyes says frontier AI could outpace today's cyber defenses within months, and CISOs now face a narrowing window to strengthen security before attackers gain the upper hand

Kristian McCann · 3 Aug 2026
Hidden Prompt Can Make Microsoft Copilot Spread Through Word Docs: What Businesses Should Know
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Hidden Prompt Can Make Microsoft Copilot Spread Through Word Docs: What Businesses Should Know

A hidden prompt injection technique can turn Microsoft Copilot Word documents into carriers for malicious instructions, creating new security risks for enterprises using AI assistants

Kristian McCann · 31 Jul 2026
Why AI Governance Without Interaction Capture Is Just Good Intentions
Sponsored · Smarsh

Why AI Governance Without Interaction Capture Is Just Good Intentions

The debate about whether AI belongs in financial services is over: a 2026 Cambridge University study found 81% are adopting it at some level.

Kristian McCann · 30 Jul 2026
Cyber Apocalypse Overblown? Study Shows AI-Found Vulnerabilities Are Rarely Exploited
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Cyber Apocalypse Overblown? Study Shows AI-Found Vulnerabilities Are Rarely Exploited

New research from VulnCheck suggests AI-assisted vulnerability discovery is not yet driving a surge in real-world cyberattacks, challenging fears sparked by frontier models such as Anthropic's Mythos

Kristian McCann · 29 Jul 2026
Microsoft Debuts MAI-Cyber-1-Flash: Are Smaller, Cheaper Models the New AI Cybersecurity Standard?
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Microsoft Debuts MAI-Cyber-1-Flash: Are Smaller, Cheaper Models the New AI Cybersecurity Standard?

With MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and an expanded MDASH platform, Microsoft is making the case that affordable AI will be key to scaling cybersecurity operations

Kristian McCann · 28 Jul 2026
ASC Expands Webex Calling Compliance Recording Across the Americas
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ASC Expands Webex Calling Compliance Recording Across the Americas

ASC Technologies has expanded its Webex Calling compliance recording and AI analytics solution across the Americas. Here's why that matters.

Sean Nolan · 28 Jul 2026
Beyond the Transcript: How AI Is Making Voice Supervision Viable
Sponsored · Global Relay

Beyond the Transcript: How AI Is Making Voice Supervision Viable

Why voice supervision now matters: LLMs and cloud SaaS from Global Relay move compliance beyond transcripts, cutting false positives. Published on UC Today.

Christopher Carey · 28 Jul 2026
Google Previews Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber: Will its Lower Cost Accelerate Enterprise AI Cybersecurity?
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Google Previews Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber: Will its Lower Cost Accelerate Enterprise AI Cybersecurity?

Google has unveiled a cost-optimized AI cybersecurity model, joining Anthropic and Microsoft in the race to secure software with AI

Kristian McCann · 27 Jul 2026
Why AI Capture Is the Foundation of Compliance and Intelligence
Sponsored · Smarsh

Why AI Capture Is the Foundation of Compliance and Intelligence

In this episode of UC Today, host Kristian McCann sits down with Eric Wiggins, Product Marketing Director at Smarsh , to explore why AI capture is…

Kristian McCann · 23 Jul 2026
Cisco Launches Antares: What the New AI Security Models Mean for Enterprises
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Cisco Launches Antares: What the New AI Security Models Mean for Enterprises

Cisco has unveiled Antares, a new family of open-weight AI security models designed to help organizations pinpoint vulnerable code more efficiently while reducing the cost and complexity of AI-assisted vulnerability detection

Kristian McCann · 21 Jul 2026
Why Voice Can No Longer Be the Exception in UC Compliance
Sponsored · Global Relay

Why Voice Can No Longer Be the Exception in UC Compliance

For years, voice was the blind spot in communications compliance – too voluminous to review manually, too complex to capture properly, and not yet on…

Christopher Carey · 21 Jul 2026
What Is Microsoft's Project Perception and Can It Match Anthropic's Mythos?
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What Is Microsoft's Project Perception and Can It Match Anthropic's Mythos?

Microsoft is entering the AI security race with Project Perception, a platform designed to make advanced vulnerability discovery more affordable and accessible for enterprises

Kristian McCann · 20 Jul 2026
Quantum Resilience: How to Defend Against 'Store Now, Decrypt Later' Threats
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Quantum Resilience: How to Defend Against 'Store Now, Decrypt Later' Threats

Store now, decrypt later attacks are already underway. See how Cisco, Zoom, and Cellcrypt are building quantum resilience within enterprises.

Sean Nolan · 20 Jul 2026
RingCentral's Secure UCaaS Platform Keeps Evolving. Its Fast-Growing AI Portfolio Is the Proof
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RingCentral's Secure UCaaS Platform Keeps Evolving. Its Fast-Growing AI Portfolio Is the Proof

Is RingCentral Secure UCaaS still enough when AI enters the ecosystem? Here's everything you need to know about the portfolio.

Rebekah Carter · 16 Jul 2026
Zoom Warns of Critical Windows Vulnerability: What Enterprises Need to Know
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Zoom Warns of Critical Windows Vulnerability: What Enterprises Need to Know

Zoom has released urgent security updates after uncovering a critical Windows vulnerability that could enable account takeover

Kristian McCann · 16 Jul 2026
CISA Sounds Alarm Over Active Microsoft SharePoint Attacks
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CISA Sounds Alarm Over Active Microsoft SharePoint Attacks

The agency says multiple Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities are being actively exploited as AI compresses the window for defenders to respond

Kristian McCann · 15 Jul 2026
China Calls Claude Code a Security Risk Amid Deepening Anthropic-Alibaba Dispute
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China Calls Claude Code a Security Risk Amid Deepening Anthropic-Alibaba Dispute

China's vulnerability database has urged users to uninstall affected versions of Claude Code, while Anthropic insists the disputed functionality was an anti-abuse experiment, not a backdoor

Kristian McCann · 10 Jul 2026
Big UC Update: Theta Lake’s Governance Playbook
Sponsored · Theta Lake

Big UC Update: Theta Lake’s Governance Playbook

Theta Lake explains why compliance teams need smarter governance for Zoom, Teams and Webex as AI and archiving risks grow.

Marcus Law · 8 Jul 2026
Accenture Confirms Breach After Threat Actor Claims Source Code Theft
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Accenture Confirms Breach After Threat Actor Claims Source Code Theft

Accenture reveals it suffered a security breach after hackers claimed to steal 35GB of data, including source code and internal information

Kristian McCann · 8 Jul 2026
Industry Alarmed as First Agentic AI Ransomware Attack Is Discovered, but There’s a Catch
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Industry Alarmed as First Agentic AI Ransomware Attack Is Discovered, but There’s a Catch

Sysdig researchers have uncovered a landmark AI-powered ransomware attack, offering a glimpse into the future of cybercrime

Kristian McCann · 7 Jul 2026
The Hidden Risks of Hybrid Work for UC Security
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The Hidden Risks of Hybrid Work for UC Security

As hybrid work continues to reshape modern business, organizations are facing growing pressure to secure the collaboration tools that keep employees connected

Kristian McCann · 6 Jul 2026
Your Risk Strategy Isn't Failing - It's Designed So No One Is Accountable When It Does
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Your Risk Strategy Isn't Failing - It's Designed So No One Is Accountable When It Does

Stop sharing responsibility. Discover how a clear risk ownership strategy and accountability risk management prevent corporate crises today.

Sean Nolan · 1 Jul 2026
The Phone Call Is the Easy Part: Governing Cloud Voice in a Multi-Modal World
Sponsored · Theta Lake

The Phone Call Is the Easy Part: Governing Cloud Voice in a Multi-Modal World

Cloud voice migration changes compliance as voice, chat, video and AI summaries replace legacy call recording. Published on UC Today, with Theta Lake.

Marcus Law · 1 Jul 2026
Anthropic Restores Fable 5 and Mythos: What Enterprises Need to Know
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Anthropic Restores Fable 5 and Mythos: What Enterprises Need to Know

Anthropic has restored Claude Fable 5 and Mythos after a 19-day global suspension, but new safeguards and access changes mean enterprises should not expect a simple return to business as usual

Kristian McCann · 1 Jul 2026
Anthropic in the EU? Austrian Minister Asks Commission to Explore Company Move
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Anthropic in the EU? Austrian Minister Asks Commission to Explore Company Move

Austria has urged the European Commission to explore establishing Anthropic within the EU after new US restrictions cut off foreign access to the company's most advanced AI models

Kristian McCann · 30 Jun 2026
Cisco TMS Sunset: Why the Obvious Next Step Isn’t Always "the Cloud"
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Cisco TMS Sunset: Why the Obvious Next Step Isn’t Always "the Cloud"

As Cisco prepares to retire TMS, enterprises face a pivotal decision about how to manage video infrastructure—balancing cloud innovation with security, control, and operational continuity

Kristian McCann · 29 Jun 2026
Anthropic Seeks US Action Over Alibaba's Alleged AI Distillation Campaign
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Anthropic Seeks US Action Over Alibaba's Alleged AI Distillation Campaign

Anthropic has urged US lawmakers to act against Alibaba over an alleged large-scale AI distillation campaign that it claims extracted capabilities from its Claude model

Kristian McCann · 25 Jun 2026
Why Do Security Incidents Escalate Even When You Detect Them Early?
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Why Do Security Incidents Escalate Even When You Detect Them Early?

Discover how a strong incident response strategy and enterprise threat containment improves cybersecurity response time.

Sean Nolan · 24 Jun 2026
Five Eyes Warning: AI Set to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in Months
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Five Eyes Warning: AI Set to Outpace Cybersecurity Systems in Months

A joint Five Eyes advisory warns that rapidly advancing AI could outpace current cybersecurity defenses within months, increasing the speed and sophistication of cyberattacks

Kristian McCann · 24 Jun 2026
The Webex by Cisco Compliance Blueprint
Sponsored · Theta Lake

The Webex by Cisco Compliance Blueprint

Early compliance sign-off keeps Webex deployments moving and unlocks ROI. Published on UC Today, Theta Lake and Cisco cover retention, supervision and AI.

Marcus Law · 24 Jun 2026
Is Your Collaboration Stack Slowing Teams Down?
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Is Your Collaboration Stack Slowing Teams Down?

Collaboration stack causing confusion? Discover how digital workplace fragmentation quietly kills team productivity.

Thomas Walker · 23 Jun 2026
Your Risk Strategy Isn’t Failing. It’s Treating Every Risk Like It Matters Equally
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Your Risk Strategy Isn’t Failing. It’s Treating Every Risk Like It Matters Equally

If your risk prioritization strategy treats every threat like it matters equally, it's already failing. Here's how you can fix that.

Rebekah Carter · 23 Jun 2026
From Strategy to Reality: Closing the Enterprise AI Execution Gap
Sponsored · Gamma

From Strategy to Reality: Closing the Enterprise AI Execution Gap

Why are so many organisations still stuck in AI pilot purgatory – and what does it actually take to move from experimentation to real operational impact?

Christopher Carey · 22 Jun 2026
Microsoft Closes Critical Copilot Attack Path, but Is the Underlying AI Risk Unresolved?
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Microsoft Closes Critical Copilot Attack Path, but Is the Underlying AI Risk Unresolved?

Microsoft has patched the Copilot vulnerability known as SearchLeak, but the attack highlights a broader AI security challenge that remains unresolved

Kristian McCann · 17 Jun 2026
How Mixing Async and Real-Time Work Is Quietly Breaking Team Productivity
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How Mixing Async and Real-Time Work Is Quietly Breaking Team Productivity

Mixing async and real-time work creates delays and chaos. Here's how to define the rules your team is missing.

Thomas Walker · 16 Jun 2026
Your UC Platform Is Already Running AI. Your Compliance Tools Have No Idea
Sponsored · Theta Lake

Your UC Platform Is Already Running AI. Your Compliance Tools Have No Idea

As AI embeds itself into every layer of enterprise UC, the firms that will stay ahead of regulators are not the ones slowing down adoption. They are the ones building governance fast enough to keep pace with it

Marcus Law · 16 Jun 2026
How to Quantify Cyber Risk in Financial Terms Instead of Technical Guesswork
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How to Quantify Cyber Risk in Financial Terms Instead of Technical Guesswork

Stop technical guesswork. Discover how cyber risk quantification and risk valuation models help leaders measure actual financial exposure.

Sean Nolan · 16 Jun 2026
Why the US Restricted Anthropic's Mythos and Fable and What It Means for AI Access
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Why the US Restricted Anthropic's Mythos and Fable and What It Means for AI Access

The dispute over Fable 5 offers an early glimpse into how governments may seek to regulate and restrict access to advanced AI systems

Kristian McCann · 15 Jun 2026
SMS OTP Is Failing – Here’s What Comes Next, According to Vonage and AT&T
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SMS OTP Is Failing – Here’s What Comes Next, According to Vonage and AT&T

As fraud threats grow more sophisticated and customer expectations around digital experiences continue to rise, businesses are being forced to rethink how they authenticate users

Kristian McCann · 15 Jun 2026
Zscaler Unveils AI Agent Security Platform to Plug Governance Gap Amid Rapid Enterprise Adoption
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Zscaler Unveils AI Agent Security Platform to Plug Governance Gap Amid Rapid Enterprise Adoption

Enterprises are deploying AI agents faster than they can govern them, and Zscaler's latest platform update is a direct response to that gap

Kristian McCann · 12 Jun 2026
When Every Second Counts: Embedding Communications into Frontline Workflows
Sponsored · Mitel

When Every Second Counts: Embedding Communications into Frontline Workflows

Frontline comms must be embedded in workflows to speed alarm-to-action. Published on UC Today, Mitel, AI summarisation, voice, edge and hybrid help healthcare,

Christopher Carey · 11 Jun 2026
Beyond the App: How eSIM and Network-Level Spam Blocking Are Redefining Secure Communications
Sponsored · CallTower

Beyond the App: How eSIM and Network-Level Spam Blocking Are Redefining Secure Communications

Why it matters: CallTower’s eSIM for Microsoft Teams Mobile and Webex Go adds network-level spam blocking and secure native dialling, published on UC Today.

Kristian McCann · 10 Jun 2026
Claude Mythos Could Release as Early as Tomorrow — Here's What Enterprises Need to Know
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Claude Mythos Could Release as Early as Tomorrow — Here's What Enterprises Need to Know

Anthropic could reportedly launch Mythos, its most advanced cybersecurity-focused AI model, as early as tomorrow

Kristian McCann · 9 Jun 2026
Why Does Your Organization Feel Secure Right After Passing an Audit?
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Why Does Your Organization Feel Secure Right After Passing an Audit?

Master the compliance vs security gap. Improve audit effectiveness enterprise wide and lower regulatory compliance risk with active testing.

Sean Nolan · 9 Jun 2026
Conflict and the Cloud: Why Geopolitics Is Forcing a Communications Resilience Rethink
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Conflict and the Cloud: Why Geopolitics Is Forcing a Communications Resilience Rethink

As geopolitical instability begins to impact physical cloud infrastructure, enterprises are being forced to rethink long-held assumptions about business continuity, resilience, and the risks of relying too heavily on centralized hyperscale platforms for critical communications services

Kristian McCann · 9 Jun 2026
Workplace Communication Overload Is Killing Team Alignment
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Workplace Communication Overload Is Killing Team Alignment

Your teams aren't under-communicating. They're overloaded. Discover what high-clarity teams do differently.

Thomas Walker · 2 Jun 2026
Darktrace Threat Report 2026: Why Attackers Are Targeting Your Inbox
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Darktrace Threat Report 2026: Why Attackers Are Targeting Your Inbox

Discover why legacy enterprise email security fails against modern threats. Learn how to stop cloud account compromise and ransomware today.

Sean Nolan · 2 Jun 2026
Your Biggest Security Risk Isn’t What You Detect - It’s What You Don’t Even Know Exists
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Your Biggest Security Risk Isn’t What You Detect - It’s What You Don’t Even Know Exists

Move beyond static rules. Learn how anomaly detection cybersecurity closes threat detection gaps and improves enterprise security visibility.

Sean Nolan · 2 Jun 2026
From Reactive to Predictive: How AI Is Rewriting the NOC Playbook
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From Reactive to Predictive: How AI Is Rewriting the NOC Playbook

How AI-powered anomaly detection and automated remediation are helping NOs cut alert noise, reduce MTTR, and fix network issues before users notice

Marcus Law · 28 May 2026
Anthropic’s Mythos Vulnerability Hunting Gains Tempered by Findings of False Positives
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Anthropic’s Mythos Vulnerability Hunting Gains Tempered by Findings of False Positives

Anthropic’s update on Mythos shows the potential of AI-powered security research still faces false positives and triage concerns

Kristian McCann · 27 May 2026
Is Your Risk Strategy Just Spreading Responsibility So No One Owns the Outcome?
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Is Your Risk Strategy Just Spreading Responsibility So No One Owns the Outcome?

Stop spreading responsibility. Discover how strict risk ownership accountability and clear governance prevent dangerous execution gaps today.

Sean Nolan · 25 May 2026
Is Your UCaaS Platform Creating More Noise Than Signal?
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Is Your UCaaS Platform Creating More Noise Than Signal?

Is your UCaaS amplifying noise? Learn how to measure and improve enterprise communication clarity fast.

Thomas Walker · 25 May 2026
US Comms Giants Unite for New Cyber Initiative As AI Shifts Threat Landscape
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US Comms Giants Unite for New Cyber Initiative As AI Shifts Threat Landscape

Eight of the US' largest communications providers have joined forces to launch C2 ISAC, a new initiative designed to accelerate cyber threat intelligence sharing and strengthen resilience as AI-driven threats continue to evolve

Kristian McCann · 25 May 2026
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SAP Connect 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada + online

SAP's annual customer and partner conference; ERP, workforce management, and AI integration updates across the SAP ecosystem.

in person5–8 Oct 2026

WebexOne 2026

Austin, Texaswe’ll be there

Cisco's collaboration showcase. The room-device roadmap and the Teams-interop story are the two threads we'll pull.

virtual6–8 Oct 2026

Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo 2026

London

Gartner's European HR analyst event in London; CHRO priorities, HR technology investment patterns, and workforce strategy for 2027.