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How the ASD June 2026 ISM Uplifts CTI Programs

While the Australian cyber security sector has recently been captivated by broader structural framework conversations around evolving the Essential Eight, a major operational shift slipped into the June 2026 Information Security Manual (ISM) update. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) introduced a critical new monitoring requirement: Control ISM-2116. "Cyber threat intelligence services are used to support the detection of cyber security events and the identification of cyber security incidents." If you need to comply with the ISM and you're not actively using cyber threat intelligence as part of your detective controls, the system could now be considered non-compliant.

MISP Beta UI/UX Mode (v2.5.32): A Walkthrough from Contributor Chris Horsley

We’ve been doing some work at Cosive to modernise the MISP user interface and bring more responsive web design into the experience. The result is a new beta UI that you can enable today if you’re running a recent version of MISP (v2.5.32 or later).This update is driven by a simple goal: make MISP easier to use, especially for analysts working on smaller screens or remotely.

MISP 2025 Retrospective: Monthly Highlights & Workflow Improvements

The incredibly active MISP developer community put out a dozen-plus releases in 2025 – and the results speak for themselves in new features and quality-of-life improvements for threat intel teams. In this article we recap some of the highlights from 2025, and extend a big thank you to the MISP core team and community for their hard work keeping this critical open-source tool moving forward.

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What I Learned About Logging and Detection Strategies From Moving House

Moving house isn’t usually the metaphor you’d reach for when talking about security logging and detection — but in my recent move, I couldn’t help but draw the parallels. Packaging, tracking, and discovering the really important items in your environment, all mirrored the challenges we wrestle with through logging strategies and detection engineering.