This week was about cybersecurity -- avoiding vulnerabilities, learning more about them, or CISOs dealing with the consequences.

For now, the vendor has not released any software updates to address this high-severity vulnerability in its Nexus 9000 fabric series switches.

The program could spell a windfall for broadband equipment and service providers, though that windfall could come with risks.

“Judging CISOs is an instinctive reaction from a lot of people," said Google's Anton Chuvakin and Sumo Logic's George Gerchow argued it's "super unfair."

This week, our readers were thirsty for new news — from upgrading from old legacy tech like VPNs to ZTNA, to Cisco's acquisition of Accedian.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned air travel could face delays tied to airlines failing to update altimeter equipment in some aircraft.

"We can't afford to maintain critical dependencies that could become a ‘weapon’ against our interests,” the European Union's Thierry Breton wrote.

The trial used commercially deployed virtualized radio access network and non-virtualized equipment running on Verizon’s 5G standalone core.

Confidential computing company Opaque Systems enhances its platform with zero-trust data clean rooms and confidential AI.

The hyperscalers focus on logical isolation for data sovereignty and "feel like that's enough," but "we do not," Oracle VP Leo Leung said.

Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal warns any organization that used MOVEit in May 2023 could have potentially been exploited by the threat actor — CL0P.

The hyperscaler plans to introduce an artificial intelligence-powered ESG anomaly detection feature before the year's end.

The company also plans to publish several open-source tools to help put the framework into practice for artificial intelligence security.

Here are some of the most prominent venture capital, merger and acquisition and other financial news items from May.

NCC Group recorded record-breaking volume of ransomware attacks in March and April, while Veeam’s report showed a 12% increase year over year.

"One of the largest impediments that [customers] had to adopt zero trust was that they weren't clear on when they could tell if they were done," Herb Kelsey said.

Meta has contributed three projects for improving network connectivity to the Linux Foundation's LF Connectivity initiative.

The trade group states the data is maintained in the European Union but is accessible to its vendor partner in Hong Kong.

The updated model incorporates version 1.0 feedback from a public comment period and the latest government guidelines.

“We have strengthened our position across security categories and have diligently invested in cybersecurity research,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri said.

HPE bought Athonet to pad its private network portfolio; Cisco acquired Valtix to expand its multi-cloud capabilities; and SAP sold Qualtrics.

Telcos are expected to play a unique role in the post-quantum world, GSMA Post-Quantum Telco Networks Chairperson Lory Thorpe said.

CIO Wendy Pfeiffer late last week left the company. Pfeiffer had been in that position for more than six years.

PwC Partner Dan Hays said operators can use APIs to drive a return on their 5G investments, adding “the opportunity is really to connect the dots.”