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Federal Court Cyberattacks Are a National Security Crisis, Wyden Warns

August 25, 2025 by Edward Silha

Cartoon-style illustration of a courthouse with digital security lock overlay, representing federal court cybersecurity risks.Cyberattacks on U.S. federal courts are no longer just IT problems. They now pose a national security threat.

That is Senator Ron Wyden’s warning in a blunt letter to Chief Justice John Roberts this week, urging the Supreme Court to address repeated breaches of the judiciary’s document filing and email systems. Wyden called the hacks “unacceptable” and said weak practices have left the courts “an inviting target” for foreign adversaries. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: AI governance, AI risk management, APT29, CM/ECF, court breach, cybersecurity, data security, digital defenses, federal court cybersecurity, federal judiciary, hacking, identity-first security, multi‑factor authentication, national security, outdated IT infrastructure, oversight, PACER, PACER hack, post-quantum cryptography, quantum threats, Russian hackers, Senator Ron Wyden, sen‑ron‑wyden, shadow AI, supreme court, U.S. judiciary, zero trust, zero trust security

When Hidden AI Meets Quantum Doom: The New Enterprise Security Crossroads

August 14, 2025 by Edward Silha

Abstract graphic of AI code streams merging with digital locks, symbolizing AI governance and quantum-safe encryptionWhy Shadow AI Slips Past Security

Shadow AI is already inside. The tools sit in browsers and sidebars. Employees paste snippets of code, customer notes, even legal language into chatbots that were never vetted. The answers look helpful. The risk hides in the copy and paste. Data leaves the building without a ticket. Logs do not show it. Policies never saw it. By the time a leak becomes visible, the trail is cold.

IT leaders keep asking the same question. How do you govern what you cannot see? You start by naming it. Shadow AI covers any AI use that bypasses purchase, security review, or monitoring. That includes SaaS chat tools, browser extensions, model endpoints wired into internal scripts, and clever “personal assistants” someone installed on a work laptop. Each of those entry points can move sensitive information to third parties. Some keep prompts. Others store outputs. Many train on uploaded files. You cannot make a clean audit if you do not control any of that. [Read more…]

Filed Under: AI, Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: AI governance, AI risk management, data leakage, data security, harvest-now decrypt-later, hybrid key exchange, identity-first security, least privilege, MFA, post-quantum cryptography, PQC, quantum computing, quantum threats, shadow AI, SSO, TLS, zero trust

Microsoft OneDrive Update Prompts Security Fears Over Personal Account Syncing on Work Devices

May 9, 2025 by Edward Silha

FT BLOG OneDrive Personal SyncMicrosoft is quietly pushing out a OneDrive update that’s catching IT departments off guard. A new feature prompts users—by default—to connect their personal OneDrive accounts to corporate machines. No setup needed. The feature just appears and offers a quick, seamless sync between personal and business storage.

Here’s the obvious problem: once files from a corporate machine end up in a personal OneDrive account, they’re basically outside the company’s control. No logging. No tracking. No oversight. That means sensitive information could be moved or shared in ways the organization can’t monitor—and probably wouldn’t approve of. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog, Cybersecurity Tagged With: cloud storage, corporate devices, data exfiltration, data security, DisablePersonalSync, enterprise IT, IT policy, Microsoft, OneDrive, personal sync

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