Tag:cybersecurity

I've delivered more security awareness sessions than I can count. I'm also a social engineer, which means I've been the person those sessions are trying to prepare people for. That gives you a unique view of the problem.

security awareness training

The attack your training prepared them for doesn’t exist 

I've delivered more security awareness sessions than I can count. I'm also a social engineer, which means I've been the…

service desk call social engineering

The call nobody talks about

The attack call is the one that gets written up in the report. But in James Sheppard's experience, it's rarely…

DORA TLPT - The gap between strategy and reality

DORA Threat-Led Penetration Testing: What article 26 actually requires 

Annual penetration testing does not satisfy DORA's testing mandate. Here's what Article 26 actually requires, who it applies to, and…

Deloitte ranks CovertSwarm among EMEA’s 500 fastest-growing tech companies.

Based on verified revenue growth of 595.89% over three years. Here's what the number means and why the model behind…

AI guardrails, NIST

AI guardrails will always fail. NIST just proved it mathematically. 

NIST scientist Apostol Vassilev has published a mathematical proof that no finite set of AI guardrails is universally robust against…

attacker doesn't follow your calendar

Your attacker knows when your last pen test was 

Annual penetration testing doesn't just fail to keep pace with your attack surface. It operates on a calendar your adversaries…

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CovertSwarm is a founding signatory of the CREST AI Charter

CovertSwarm has become a founding signatory of the CREST AI Charter, endorsing nine principles for responsible AI use in cybersecurity.

DORA compliance vs safety

DORA is not GDPR. Stop treating it like it is. 

Most firms are treating DORA like GDPR: get a consultant, document the framework, move on. That worked for data privacy.…

Frontier AI models and offensive security - Luke Potter CovertSwarm

Frontier AI models are exciting.

CovertSwarm COO Luke Potter on why frontier AI is genuinely exciting, why most of the conversation is asking the wrong…