Alissa Irei
Senior Reporter, Cybersecurity | LinkedInAlissa Irei is an award-winning B2B cybersecurity journalist with more than a decade of experience covering enterprise technology. As senior site editor for TechTarget SearchSecurity, she writes and edits content that helps CISOs effectively manage cyber risk. Her coverage areas include cyber resilience; cyber-risk quantification; cybersecurity board reporting; AI risk, AI governance and secure AI adoption; regulatory compliance; cloud security; security operations; identity and access management; ransomware and extortion; vulnerability and exposure management; and third-party and supply-chain risk. Irei holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree in political science from Davidson College. Her work has earned multiple Azbee awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, including recognition for her feature reporting on CISO liability issues and DevSecOps.
188 articles by Alissa Irei
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Max-severity GitLab flaw lets attackers run code on servers
Oct. 22, 2026 -
AI will drive up credit cost of weak cyberdefenses, says Moody’s
Oct. 21, 2026 -
CISA to AI labs: Share test-network IPs to flag rogue agents
Oct. 15, 2026 -
AI-discovered flaws are rarely exploited but pose greater risk
Oct. 13, 2026 -
Unclear AI risk ownership could leave CISOs in familiar scapegoat role
Oct. 9, 2026 -
Use Cybersecurity Awareness Month as a springboard -- not a fire drill
Oct. 1, 2026 -
Security vendors turn to multi-model, open AI to bypass guardrails
Sept. 29, 2026 -
Hardcoded credentials in public MCP files open door to cyberattacks
Sept. 23, 2026 -
Revolut breach exposes authentication-authorization gap
Sept. 17, 2026 -
Defenders call out OpenAI defense pledge, Astra release timing
Sept. 4, 2026 -
AI attacks lack stealth -- nation-state actors are changing that
Aug. 22, 2026 -
Cutting through the Claude Mythos hype: What it means for CISOs
Aug. 19, 2026 -
Black Hat NOC sees AI security failures firsthand
Aug. 14, 2026 -
ClickFix and removable media lead malware delivery methods
July 10, 2026 -
Florida public sector training on SimSpace cyber range: Case study
June 15, 2026 -
What is incident response? A complete guide
June 10, 2026 -
Researchers build autonomous AI worm that can reason and adapt
June 6, 2026 -
How to find cyber-risk data sources for a FAIR analysis
June 4, 2026 -
OT attacks shift from recon to physical control, raising stakes
May 28, 2026 -
Instructure cyberattack reignites ransom payment debate
May 15, 2026 -
At RSAC 2026, AI optimism and anxiety -- and an MIA U.S. government
April 17, 2026 -
CISO checklist: Cybersecurity platform or marketing ploy?
April 10, 2026 -
How AI caught a malicious North Korean insider at Exabeam
March 31, 2026 -
Ransomware hammers manufacturing sector
Feb. 23, 2026 -
ASU’s CISO: AI craze is a strategic opportunity for security
Feb. 13, 2026
