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 platform.

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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
Report Security Strategy (Zero Trust, AI, Maturity)

IANS AI Security Update: Q3 2025

This quarterly report highlights the latest developments in AI security and reveals the economic, political, and social forces shaping what’s coming next.
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Josh More
Briefing Replay Management and Leadership

Emerging Issue Briefing Replay: React2Shell Vulnerability

In this emerging issue briefing, Jake Williams discusses the recently disclosed React vulnerability in React Server Components (CVE-2025-55182) with a CVSS score of 10.0, a critical flaw that lets attackers perform remote code execution on vulnerable servers using specially crafted requests.

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Jake Williams
Tools and Templates Application Testing (SAST/DAST)

Secure Coding Standards for App Development

Use this template to define clear, actionable security standards for your DevSecOps team which developers can consistently reference and implement.
Jason Gillam- IANS Faculty
Jason Gillam