Steven Bowcut

Mobile applications have become a primary gateway to some of an organization’s most sensitive systems. Banking apps process financial transactions. Healthcare apps provide access to medical information. Retail apps store payment details and purchasing histories. Connected vehicle apps can even control physical functions. Behind each of these applications is a […]

Agentic AI Raises the Stakes for Mobile API Security

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Automatic tank gauge systems may appear to be relatively simple monitoring devices. They measure the contents of storage tanks and provide operators with information needed to manage fuel, chemicals, water-treatment materials, and other liquids. But when these systems are exposed to the public internet, protected by default credentials, or connected […]

Internet-Exposed Tank Gauges Reveal a Persistent Critical Infrastructure Risk

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In Episode S8E7 of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast, host Steven Bowcut speaks with Phuong “Kenny” Nguyen, Chief Technology Officer at KhaiCode, about the growing challenge of understanding what is actually inside the software organizations rely on every day. KhaiCode focuses on what it calls binary exploit intelligence: the process […]

Why Binary Exploit Intelligence Matters in Software Supply Chain Security

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As financial institutions accelerate their adoption of AI, automation, and cloud-native software delivery, a critical part of the enterprise technology stack may still be operating with outdated controls: database change. Liquibase, a provider of database change governance solutions used by many leading financial services organizations, has released The Financial Services […]

AI Raises the Stakes for Database Governance

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How Iru is simplifying modern security by converging identity, endpoint management, compliance, and AI-driven context In Episode S8E5 of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast, host Steven Bowcut sits down with Satyam Patel, CISO and CIO at Iru, to discuss what it takes to simplify security operations in an environment where […]

Unifying Identity, Endpoint, and Compliance Management

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In Episode S8E4 of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast, host Steven Bowcut sits down with Dr. Catherine Knibbs, CEO of Children and Tech, trained child cyber trauma psychotherapist, author, and pioneer of Cybertrauma Theory. Fresh off being named one of the world’s Top 20 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber for […]

Children, Trauma, and the Hidden Costs of Digital Life

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In Episode S8E3 of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast, host Steven Bowcut sits down with Hiram E. Chodosh, President of Claremont McKenna College (CMC), to explore what cybersecurity leadership looks like in higher education—an environment that is open by design, highly collaborative, and constantly changing. Their conversation examines how a […]

Leading Cybersecurity, AI, and Institutional Resilience in Higher Education

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In a world defined by complex, human-centric risks, procedural compliance is a fast track to irrelevance. The traditional manuals and checklists that once guided security professionals are dangerously insufficient for a landscape shaped by cognitive bias, cultural nuance, and ethical ambiguity. Today’s challenges demand wisdom, empathy, and an entirely new […]

Book Review: It’s Not in the Manual — Real-World Leadership ...

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