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Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Executive Editor

Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch is an award-winning journalist who strives to shed light on how security issues impact not only businesses and defenders on the front line, but also the daily lives of consumers.

In her previous position at Threatpost, Lindsey covered all aspects of the cybersecurity industry - from data privacy regulatory efforts to the evolution of underground cybercriminal marketplaces. Prior to that, Lindsey specialized in writing about microprocessors, enterprise business technology and the Internet of Things at CRN. In Lindsey’s spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and traveling.

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647 articles by Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch

Ivanti Rolls Out Patches For Exploited Connect Secure Flaws

Ivanti has rolled out its first round of patches for two existing - and two newly discovered - vulnerabilities in its Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Ivanti Policy Secure appliances.

Ivanti, Patch

White House Implements AI Safety Reporting Mandate

Under the now-live White House executive order requirement, developers of the “most powerful AI systems” to report “vital information” related to cybersecurity measures, training plans and more.

AI

‘Radical Transparency’ Needed For Tackling Identity Challenges

“One of the biggest challenges that we face in this space… is to say, ‘how are we doing?’” said CISA's Eric Goldstein, speaking at the Identity, Authentication and the Road Ahead event on Thursday.

Identity

HPE Discloses Hack by Russian Nation-State Actor

HPE's disclosure of the breach comes days after Microsoft said the same group was able to access corporate email accounts of its senior leadership team.

HPE, Data Breach

Exploit Code Released For Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Flaw

The flaw (CVE-2024-0204) could enable remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication in order to create new users.

Vulnerability