Cybersecurity Tools & Guides

Each downloadable piece featured below is a fully-detailed, actionable resource that's part of a larger collection of cybersecurity content available to our clients in the IANS Insights Portal.

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Ask-An-Expert Writeup AI-Specific Threats

Prepare for Recursive AI Cryptographic Attacks

Building efficient key and secret management processes and testing the rapid rekeying of your cryptographic estate will become increasingly important as recursive AI is directed at keys and secrets reverse engineering. This report explains how to prepare for recursive AI cryptographic attacks.

Aaron Turner
Tools & Templates AI-Specific Threats

Securing Microsoft 365 Copilot: A Checklist (Updated)

This checklist is designed to help security teams securely pilot and deploy specific Microsoft 365 (M365) Copilot features, such as M365 Copilot for Intelligent Search, Chat, Bing, SharePoint and Teams.

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Wolfgang Goerlich
Guide AI Security Use Cases

AI Use-Cases for Security Teams

Just like hackers are using AI to level-up their attacks, security teams can also use AI to bolster their capabilities. Common use-cases for security teams include: threat detection and response, optimizing code, and vulnerability management.

IANS
Ask-An-Expert Writeup AI Safety, Ethics and Governance

Mitigate These Five AI Risks

This report explores five critical risk areas: over-reliance on AI, AI bias, hiring misrepresentation through AI, combinatorial risks from agentic AI systems and AI tool sprawl.

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Michael Pinch
Tools & Templates AI-Specific Threats

Prompts for Testing AI Security

This document provides a detailed set of prompts to evaluate the security and data privacy guardrails of AI systems. 

Paul Snyder
Briefing Replay Management and Leadership

Emerging Issue Briefing Replay: Venezuela, Iran, China: Potential Implications of Geopolitical Events Intersecting with Cybersecurity

In this emerging issue briefing, IANS Faculty detail how current geopolitical events are impacting cybersecurity, examining the alleged cyberattack on critical infrastructure in Venezuela, Iranian Internet blackouts, and the recent news that China is reportedly blocking U.S. cybersecurity tools.

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Jake Williams
Tools & Templates Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

Tool Evaluation and Capability Tracking Template

This template helps track the capabilities of the tools in a tech stack, centered around an audit of each tool, covering both general areas and specific functionalities.
Chris Silvers
Tools & Templates Management and Leadership

Information Security Job Description Templates

Streamline your security hiring with ready-to-use job descriptions for five critical roles, helping you set clear expectations and attract high-quality candidates faster.
IANS Research
Ask-An-Expert Writeup Governance, Risk Management and Compliance

Streamline Cybersecurity Assessments

Move beyond one-size-fits-all security questionnaires to strengthen risk management, reduce assessment burden, and enable the business.
Taryn Swietek