NIST struggles with an NVD backlog. Cisco and Splunk ship critical patches. Researchers flag a systemic flaw in Anthropic’s MCP. ShinyHunters leak 13.5 million McGraw Hill accounts. Cargo theft goes cyber. A Tennessee hospital breach hits 337,000 patients. Two Americans are sentenced in a North Korean fake-IT-worker scheme. Our guest is Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, describing security gaps addressed by zero trust. OpenAI lets security teams take off the training wheels. 

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On today’s Industry Voices segment we are joined by Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, security gaps addressed by zero trust. If you enjoyed this conversation check out the full interview here.

Selected Reading

NIST Drops NVD Enrichment for Pre-March 2026 Vulnerabilities (Infosecurity Magazine)

Cisco says critical Webex Services flaw requires customer action (Bleeping Computer)

Splunk Enterprise Update Patches Code Execution Vulnerability (SecurityWeek)

Systemic Flaw in MCP Protocol Could Expose 150 Million Downloads (Infosecurity Magazine)

Data breach at edtech giant McGraw Hill affects 13.5 million accounts (Bleeping Computer)

Freight Hacker Wields Code-Signing Service to Evade Defenses (GovInfo Security)

Data Breach at Tennessee Hospital Affects 337,000 (SecurityWeek)

US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison (Bleeping Computer)

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Cyber And It's Built Specifically for Defenders (TechGlow)

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