Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

This past month, the Vanta team launched new features to help you: ‍ ‍

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is more than a checkbox, it’s a mandatory requirement for contractors doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). In both Level 1 and Level 2, endpoint security, device control, and monitoring play a critical role in preventing unauthorized access and data leakage of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

In most startups building or using AI, privacy often gets treated like a checkbox that legal or security will “handle later.” That mindset quietly kills deals, scares off enterprise buyers, and limits your access to the very data your models need. Here is the truth that more founders and CTOs are embracing. Privacy makes your product easier to buy, models better to train, and business more valuable.

Resilience is not a metric. It is the ability of an organization to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to disruption without disintegration. In 2026, risk management will be less about identifying what might go wrong and more about designing systems that endure what inevitably will. The pace of change has erased the illusion of stable baselines. Risk is dynamic, spreading faster through digital ecosystems, third-party dependencies, and regulatory uncertainty than most governance models were built to handle.

CMMC 2.0 is now a primary requirement for any business looking to work with the U.S. Department of Defense. This standard outlines the guidelines that companies need to follow to protect government data and the steps they must take to remain eligible for DoD contracts. Some companies can understand and follow these guidelines, while others find them confusing due to the involvement of controls, documentation, audits, and security practices.

Most websites today are more complex than their owners realise. A single page can load a mix of analytics, pixels, and vendor scripts, all shaping how personal data flows through the browser. And because GDPR now treats this browser activity as processing, it becomes part of the compliance picture even when it comes from third-party tools. Which means regulators naturally expect organizations to understand this activity as it happens.

How do you choose a tool that can actually show what third-party scripts are doing on your payment pages? It starts with recognizing the scale of what runs there.

‍On December 3rd, the React team disclosed a critical security flaw in React Server Components known as CVE-2025-55182. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this issue is extremely severe. React and Next.js are the backbone of the modern web. Consequently, this vulnerability likely sits deep within your third-party vendor ecosystem in addition to your own codebase.

As the flurry of excitement over fresh AI innovation begins to fade, risk leaders, heads of GRC and CISOs have a new challenge to tackle. Regulators, customers, and boards are all asking harder questions about how AI is used, secured, and audited. For CISOs, AI governance is now a board-level expectation. Some organizations will be able to confidently show their measured and documented approach to AI governance.