Agentic AI: The next great productivity hack or the ultimate security nightmare of 2026?

As we navigate the technological landscape of 2026, a new category of software – agentic AI – is rapidly reshaping how individuals and organizations work.

Misconfigured AI: Hype or real threat to APAC Infrastructure?

A press release sparks alarm: but cyber experts emphasize governance gaps, operational flaws over misconfiguration hype in regional grids and ports

Building trust in Asia’s financial sector with digital identity innovations

As fintech innovation accelerates across Asia, digital identity has become the foundation of trust between financial institutions and their customers.

IoT trends APAC enterprises cannot ignore in 2026

With new connectivity standards and rising regulatory complexity across the region, the IoT landscape is shifting.

Beyond firewalls – addressing cybersecurity blind spots

Is your organization focusing on the exposures that matter most, or is your cybersecurity investments misallocated?

Where are financial fraud and AML regulations heading in S E Asia?

As Southeast Asia’s digital economy scales, scams and AI-enabled social engineering are scaling with it, widening the attack surface for banks, fintechs, and digital platforms.

How AI is reshaping dating in Asia

Romance is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches. But while dating platforms accelerate AI adoption to better meet user needs and demands, a recent survey recommends caution…

Emerging third-party cyber risks via agentic AI

As organizations accelerated AI adoption in 2025, a new and underappreciated category of third-party risk has emerged: agentic AI.

Rethinking customer identity for financial cybersecurity

What should banks in Asia Pacific pay attention to this year to protect themselves and their customers?

How AI is supercharging state-sponsored threat actors in Asia Pacific

State-sponsored actors from multiple countries continue to misuse generative AI tools to enhance all stages of their operations.

Leveraging digital twins to combat rising AI-powered threats

In the AI-versus-AI race in cybersecurity, all forms of AI – from machine learning to generative AI to agentic AI, and projecting to future quantum AI – form the arsenal on both sides of the war. Where does digital twin technology come in?

Editor’s pick: Cybersecurity trends in 2026

As we plunge into the still-uncertain cybersecurity world of 2026, here are some predicted trends I find interesting. Hope you do too!

Exploding identity fraud and deepfakes challenge manual oversight of autonomous AI

Global fintech firms converge at a conference to agentic AI verification, ethical frameworks amid rising threats

Amid rapid digitalization and lagging cybersecurity oversight, India buckles up

Two native industry observers share their diagnoses and prognoses about inadequate monitoring, weak data controls, and regulatory delays

Web browsers that rank lowest for privacy protection

According to a December 2025 report on browser privacy, the newly released ChatGPT Atlas ranks as the least secure web client. 

The impact of APAC’s AI buildout on cybersecurity in 2026

What does the accelerating integration of AI technologies into organizations portend for the region’s cybersecurity landscape, given that economies in the region have uneven levels of cybersecurity maturity?

Is your AI secretly sabotaging your organization?

Would you trust your AI chatbot to help you build customer trust, develop your restaurant’s next menu, or handle sensitive financial and healthcare information?

Lessons learnt from the first reported AI-orchestrated attack

Organizations in Asia Pacific need to prepare to combat AI-orchestrated attacks

The new face of fraud in the AI era

From evolution to mutation, digital fraud has transformed by leveraging generative AI and deepfake technologies for deep-sea phishing…

Shadow AI – the hidden risk in APAC organizations

Prevalent AI adoption among organizations across Asia Pacific brings with it significant security challenges such as Shadow IT…