It’s common for governors and mayors to declare a state of emergency and activate the National Guard in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. But last month, officials in Minnesota took these steps in the wake of a major cyberattack on the city of St. Paul — a testament to how disruptive these attacks have become. The attack, and the city’s efforts to contain the damage, hobbled city operations and a range of services online and in real life for citizens.

When countries design their cyber defense strategies, they do so on the premise that they can defend against malicious cyber operations only after the impacts of such acts materialize. Instead of taking this reactive posture, however, the United States spearheaded a paradigm shift to a proactive posture in 2018, when the Department of Defense (DOD) developed the “Defend Forward” strategy. This posture has since been maintained in the United States, and was reaffirmed in the introduction of the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy.

On July 10, 2025, Cybersecurity News published an in-depth overview examining how residential proxies—real-user IP addresses sourced from homes—are becoming essential components for ethical web intelligence and cybersecurity research.

Microsoft Research released a new episode in its AI Testing and Evaluation podcast series on July 14, 2025, featuring cybersecurity expert Professor Ciaran Martin (founder of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre) and Tori Westerhoff from Microsoft’s AI Red Team.

A recent ISC² study reveals that 30% of cybersecurity professionals have already adopted AI tools into their workflows, marking a significant shift in how security teams approach threat detection and response.