security
5 briefs
The Security Theater Problem
A gunman walked through a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents Dinner carrying a shotgun, a handgun, and three knives. A vest saved the agent. A review will save no one from the next one.
Trump Escapes the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Now He Wants to Escape the Venue Entirely.
A gunman breached security at the annual press dinner, and before the night was over, Trump was using the chaos to accelerate a plan his lawyers had been blocking for months.
The Gulf States Just Watched the US Go to War Next Door. Now They're Reconsidering.
The Iran war exposed a fault line the Gulf states had managed for decades: the US security guarantee requires hosting a war you didn't choose. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are quietly hedging.
Supremely Intelligent Teenagers
Seventy-nine percent of enterprises are running AI agents. Eleven percent have security approval for what those agents can do. The gap is not a growing pain.
Microsoft's Encryption Software Squeeze
Locking out VeraCrypt developers reveals how platform gatekeepers can kill security tools they don't control.