Cynthia Brumfield is a Contributing Writer at various prominent tech publications. She specializes in cybersecurity, with a focus on topics such as cyber attacks, data breaches, and secure cloud storage, while also consulting through her firm DCT-Associates and running the cybersecurity news site Metacurity.com. Cynthia's insights have been featured in Computerworld, CIO Online, CSO Online, and TechTarget, and she is the author of the book "Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework."
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Cynthia Brumfield's coverage primarily focuses on government announcements and legal policy regulations within the privacy & cybersecurity and political spheres. She often reports on developments related to cybersecurity, data breaches, artificial intelligence, antitrust issues, and government funding.
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By: Cynthia Brumfield
The SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act are unlikely to pass, but they preview the privacy fights CIOs, CISOs, and CFOs will face anyway: data minimization, AI profiling, vendor accountability, and controversial new rules around teen data.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
As Anthropic's Mythos model raises alarms over AI-enabled cyberattacks, the White House is reconsidering an oversight approach it abandoned on day one of Trump's second administration.
As Anthropic’s Mythos model raises alarms over AI-enabled cyberattacks, the White House is reconsidering an oversight approach it abandoned on day one of Trump’s second administration.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
The new CI-Fortify initiative urges critical infrastructure operators to prepare for cyberattacks by ensuring they can disconnect from networks and still deliver essential services — something experts say will hinge on investment and discipline.
Enterprise AI systems can be corrupted through data poisoned by accident, adversaries, or bad hygiene. Most organizations have no idea how large that attack surface is — or whether they're already exposed.
Your board doesn't care about your technical status updates; if you can't translate cyber threats into cold, hard business costs, your budget will vanish.
Why non-human identities are your biggest business continuity risk in 2026. Every enterprise security team is fighting a workforce problem they cannot see on any org chart.
By: Cynthia Brumfield
New executive orders direct agencies to accelerate quantum-resistant encryption efforts and lay the groundwork for contractor compliance as the White House warns adversaries are already collecting encrypted data for future decryption.
Why compliance became storytelling and how FedRAMP 20x is dragging us back into reality.
When AI agents get compromised, new research shows the model usually isn't to blame — the code wrapped around it is. And most organizations aren't watching it closely enough.
