Richard Livingston
Reporter, Cybersecurity | LinkedInRichard Livingston is an editor with Informa TechTarget's SearchSecurity site, where he covers cybersecurity news, trends and analysis. With more than 20 years of experience writing about technology, Livingston is a trusted voice on cyberdefense, AI, satellite infrastructure, IoT, robotics and digital transformation. Livingston's professional background includes editorial positions in the national defense industry. He has covered the U.S. Army Medical Department, as well as offensive and defensive cyber strategy for military and government audiences. His deep understanding of the complexities of cybersecurity in the private and public sectors informs his reporting and analysis. In addition to his work in national security, Livingston played a pivotal role in the FinTech space, where he helped develop messaging to help businesses implement PCI DSS, the framework for digital payment security. His commercial portfolio includes collaborations with leading technology companies, including Cisco, Raytheon, Lenovo and MongoDB. A graduate of Penn State and Kent State University, Livingston is an avid skier and bicyclist. As a native of Washington, D.C., he enjoys hosting ghost tours around the nation's capital in his downtime.
26 articles by Richard Livingston
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Some businesses are pulling back from AI. CISOs can’t afford to
Oct. 27, 2026 -
Off the rails: Railway cyberattacks highlight infrastructure risks
Oct. 19, 2026 -
CIRCIA reporting deadline puts OT data integrity under the microscope
Oct. 15, 2026 -
Beyond Arup: CISOs combat escalating deepfake fraud
Oct. 12, 2026 -
Pentagon breach exposes failure to follow its own standards
Oct. 8, 2026 -
Threat summer 2026: Editors discuss top cyber incidents
Oct. 5, 2026 -
Developers facing a patchwork of competing AI safety regulations
Oct. 2, 2026 -
Why cybersecurity’s future isn’t AI vs. humans -- it’s both
Sept. 29, 2026 -
Pulling the plug: Why the AI kill switch might be a dead end
Sept. 25, 2026 -
Cybersecurity burnout is an operational threat: AI can help
Sept. 23, 2026 -
What the AI safety fallout means for enterprise CISOs
Sept. 21, 2026 -
CISA Cyber Storm exercise offers blueprint for enterprise CISOs
Sept. 11, 2026 -
Billington Summit highlights blurring public-private cybersecurity lines
Sept. 8, 2026 -
Cybersecurity and the end of AI’s Wild West era
Aug. 28, 2026 -
OpenAI models escape containment, hack Hugging Face
July 23, 2026 -
Why conversational AI is redefining your security perimeter
July 13, 2026 -
NO FAKES Act advances: What CISOs need to know
June 26, 2026 -
Cyber insurance forces companies to rethink risk management
June 15, 2026 -
It’s time to update incident response for the AI era
June 12, 2026 -
AI in cyberdefense: Learning from threat actors’ playbooks
June 10, 2026 -
CISO role changes as cyber-risk appetites in the C-suite grow
June 8, 2026 -
Lost in translation: Cybersecurity board reporting for CISOs
June 4, 2026 -
EO 14390 raises stakes for enterprise cybersecurity
May 29, 2026 -
How cyber insurance helped with breach recovery -- or not
May 4, 2026 -
Beyond awareness: Human risk management metrics for CISOs
April 21, 2026