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Home » Events » Physical Security Under the Microscope: The Top 4 Gaps That Fail Compliance Audits KEYWORDS: auditing / compliance / physical security Security and compliance reviews of physical security devices tend to fail for the same handful of reasons, and most teams don't see them coming until the finding lands. This session walks through the gaps that most often trip up these reviews, and why they are getting harder to ignore as scrutiny and attacks on connected devices increase.

A study from UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Healthy Cities revealed that Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) achieved a 61% reduction of the city’s gun violence injuries and deaths over the last 14 years. This study displays the impacts of a sustained community violence intervention program.

A newly passed piece of California legislation could regulate AI chatbots for children, pending Governor Gavin Newsom’s approval. If approved, this legislation would ban the manufacturing and sale of toys that include a companion chatbot, specifically for children under the age of 16.

PhysicalSecurity Enterprise ServicesSecurity Leadership and ManagementSecurity & Business ResiliencePhysical Security By the time a threat is visible, it is often too late to get in front of it. Intelligence-led security has been becoming the operating standard for many security leaders across all industries – from manufacturing, retail, or the event space.

Today, OpenAI unveiled its newest model: GPT-6 Astra. According to the company, the model sets a new standard with its ability to autonomously command computer systems and complete tasks on the user’s behalf. OpenAI emphasized Astra is quicker and more efficient than GPT-5.6 Sol, its predecessor. The release of this model comes in the midst of frontier AI scrutiny, as some are skeptical of the cybersecurity protocols in place at OpenAI and other frontier companies.

This morning, notable AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and more reported outages. OpenAI had the highest number of outage reports at 37,000 reports filed by 11 a.m. EDT. By that time, Claude outage reports reached 1,324. Grok’s reached 1,365 about an hour earlier, and only 500 reports were issued for Gemini. The Independent reported that some users attempting to access ChatGPT witnessed “an array of strange behaviour,” including the site trying to download a file.

The FBI has launched an official probe into the source of the scans. Below, security leaders share their thoughts on this breach. Eli Ben nun, CTO at Trustmi: The more authentic information attackers have, the harder it is to distinguish a legitimate request from a bad actor. And the timing couldn’t be worse. We’re heading into the September hiring surge and the holiday busy season. Workplaces are already moving fast, onboarding new people, and processing a host of new transactions.

CybersecuritySecurity NewswireCybersecurity News The healthcare sector is a popular target for cybercriminals due to the sensitivity of stored data and the urgency medical centers feel when cyberattacks force systems offline. Shutting down hospital systems isn’t a simple inconvenience — it can be a matter of life and death. So, with three notable healthcare breaches occurring in quick succession, some security experts are raising concerns.

The entire Texas grid could be destabilized if just 5.4% of the ERCOT batteries were compromised, according to a risk assessment published by Centrii. This means disrupting approximately 1,500 units could impact 30 million people. The risk assessment modeled a coordinated cyberattack against the Texas grid, finding that a significant attack could lead to as much as $65 billion in economic damages.