Editorial standards
Our job is to turn a flood of security information into answers you can act on, without misrepresenting where any of it came from.
Sourcing and attribution
Every story lists the sources it was built from and labels each one as a government advisory, vendor advisory, security research, original reporting or additional reporting. We favor primary sources: vendor advisories, CVE and NVD records, CISA and CERT advisories, and original research. Headlines and short excerpts from other publishers are attributed and link back to them. We never republish their full articles.
When several outlets report the same event, we combine them into one story instead of publishing duplicates. The most authoritative source leads, and the rest are listed as additional reporting. See our sources.
Classification
Every story is labelled with severity, required action, exploitation status and affected audiences. The first pass uses documented rules, so the result can be explained. Each story page says whether its labels were set automatically or by an editor, and editors can see and correct the exact rules that fired.
Automation and AI
Automated text is always labelled. “What you should do” guidance that is generated from a story's classification says so and points to the linked advisories for specifics. We do not present AI output as original reporting. When AI-assisted summaries and answers arrive, they will be labelled, cite the sources behind them, and separate known facts from analysis and uncertainty. AI will never be allowed to invent vulnerability details, exploitation claims, patches or CVE numbers.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix it in place and note the change on the story's timeline. Every editorial change is recorded in an internal audit log.
Threat status
The Cyber Threat Status is calculated, never set by hand. The methodology is public and versioned.
Advertising, sponsorship and SecurePasswords
CybersecurityNews.us is editorially independent. Advertising, sponsorships, affiliate relationships and commercial content will always be clearly labelled and kept separate from reporting. We may feature tools from our sister product SecurePasswords where they genuinely help readers, such as password generation or account-security guides. Editorial coverage never exists to promote it.
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