Tag: ceo
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Looking Back Over 14 Years of Identity Theft Scams
Retiring ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez on Identity Crime, Victim Recovery, the Work Ahead. After 14 years leading the Identity Theft Resource Center, Eva Velasquez will retire as CEO in January 2027. She reflects on the organization’s growing reach, identity crime trends and why victim support is crucial in the evolving threat landscape. First seen on…
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The next intellectual property thief may sound like your CEO
Impersonation, phishing and domain-name abuse are the most concerning types of online intellectual property infringement, according to CSC’s The State of Online IP Risk 2026 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/22/csc-online-intellectual-property-risk-report/
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SailPoint CEO Mark McClain: When AI Can Move ‘Thousands’ Of Times Faster Than Humans, Identity Security Is Key
While human hackers can only move so fast, the arrival of autonomous agents capable of attacking at unprecedented speeds should result in a ‘completely different calculus’ for identity and security teams, SailPoint CEO Mark McClain says during the latest episode of CRN’s Security or Else! podcast. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/sailpoint-ceo-mark-mcclain-when-ai-can-move-thousands-of-times-faster-than-humans-identity-security-is-key
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AI Is Redefining Threat-Led Penetration Testing
Crest CEO Nick Benson on Governance, Ethics and AI-Driven Pen Testing Risk. Artificial intelligence is reshaping penetration testing, expanding both its capabilities and risks. Crest CEO Nick Benson says financial institutions need stronger governance, ethical guardrails and tightly controlled threat-led testing to keep pace with AI-driven change. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-redefining-threat-led-penetration-testing-a-32851
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When Everyday Habits Become an Invisible Security Risk
By James Mackay, CEO, MetaCompliance When security teams think about their organisation’s attack surface, they’re usually focused on technology. Where could an attacker get in? What’s exposed? What hasn’t been updated or configured correctly? An attack surface refers to all the possible ways a cyber attacker can gain access to an organisation, including unpatched security…
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Hugging Face Calls for Wider Access to AI Cyber Defenses
CEO Clem Delangue Urges Frontier Labs to Share Models, Compute and Threat Data. Organizations need more transparency and access to models and tools to fight against cyberattacks, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue, who said Wednesday that frontier should provide more compute and information. Hugging Face asked OpenAI for $100 million in compute. First…
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Mate Security CEO Asaf Wiener’s LinkedIn Post Draws Attention To The AI Cybersecurity Debate
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to both cybersecurity defense and offensive operations, a debate is emerging over how quickly the technology should advance. A recent LinkedIn post from Asaf Wiener, CEO and co-founder of Mate Security, has drawn significant… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/mate-security-ceo-asaf-wieners-linkedin-post-draws-attention-to-the-ai-cybersecurity-debate/
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Could blame culture be cybersecurity’s next Achilles heel?
By Myles Bray, CEO of CyberSentriq. When it comes to cybersecurity, discussions often centre on technical capabilities, tooling and attacker tactics, but often overlooks the employees and security teams the strategy is intended to protect. The reality is that most critical business functions from staff payroll to procurement and more have now moved online across…
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Microsoft deckt CEO- und CFO-Betrugswelle auf
Über eine Million Betrugs-E-Mails imitierten CEOs und CFOs, um Finanzabteilungen zu gefälschten Banküberweisungen zu bewegen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/microsoft-ceo-cfo-betrug
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Vectra AI Unveils Major ‘Evolution’ Of Partner Program To Enable AI-Native Security Opportunity: CEO
Vectra AI is rolling out a major overhaul of its channel program that aims to accelerate the adoption of AI-powered security in categories such as NDR (network detection and response), while helping a broader range of partners generate recurring revenue from the shift to AI, CEO Hitesh Sheth tells CRN exclusively. First seen on crn.com…
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Vectra AI Unveils Major ‘Evolution’ Of Partner Program To Enable AI-Native Security Opportunity: CEO
Vectra AI is rolling out a major overhaul of its channel program that aims to accelerate the adoption of AI-powered security in categories such as NDR (network detection and response), while helping a broader range of partners generate recurring revenue from the shift to AI, CEO Hitesh Sheth tells CRN exclusively. First seen on crn.com…
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Vectra AI Unveils Major ‘Evolution’ Of Partner Program To Enable AI-Native Security Opportunity: CEO
Vectra AI is rolling out a major overhaul of its channel program that aims to accelerate the adoption of AI-powered security in categories such as NDR (network detection and response), while helping a broader range of partners generate recurring revenue from the shift to AI, CEO Hitesh Sheth tells CRN exclusively. First seen on crn.com…
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AI CEOs Call for Slower Frontier Development as Stocks Fall
Amodei, Altman and Musk Back AI Pacing as Trump Rejects New Guardrails. Discourse about the potential of unchecked AI systems and frontier labs’ ability to control rogue AI agents culminated in several AI executives calling for slower AI development, a move that saw AI-related stocks fall and drew rebuke from the U.S. president. First seen…
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China Calls Amodei’s AI Proposal a New Cold War Playbook
China rejects Amodei’s AI slowdown proposal, calling it fearmongering and a US attempt to contain China’s technology sector. The debate over whether the world should slow down the development of advanced AI has quickly turned into something bigger than a technology argument. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has called for a slower pace of development,…
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China Calls Amodei’s AI Proposal a New Cold War Playbook
China rejects Amodei’s AI slowdown proposal, calling it fearmongering and a US attempt to contain China’s technology sector. The debate over whether the world should slow down the development of advanced AI has quickly turned into something bigger than a technology argument. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has called for a slower pace of development,…
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Anthropic CEO: Time to Shift From Improving to Controlling AI
Dario Amodei says it’s time to slow the pace of frontier AI improvements so that security and risk prevention efforts can catch up. What does this mean for enterprises? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/anthropic-ceo-shift-from-improving-to-controlling-ai
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Anthropic CEO Calls for an AI Slowdown. Is It Possible?
Anthropic CEO calls for AI slowdown, proposes embedded evaluators and global coordination. Geopolitical competition with China makes a voluntary pause structurally fragile. Dario Amodei published >>We Must Pace the Frontier>>, calling on the AI industry, governments, and international bodies to slow the pace of AI capability development before safety research can catch up. It’s the…
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OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development
Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/the-guardian-view-on-controlling-ai-humanity-cannot-outsource-its-survival”>The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival</li></ul>Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/we-must-slow-the-pace-ceo-of-anthropic-calls-for-an-ai-slowdown”>call from the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, to “slow the pace” of AI development after he warned that an…
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Hackers Use AI-Assisted CEO Emails to Trick Finance Teams Into Sending $50,000 Payments.
Threat actors are using AI-assisted phishing templates, executive impersonation, fake ServiceNow invoices, and fabricated email threads to pressure finance teams into authorizing fraudulent ACH payments worth nearly $50,000. Microsoft detected more than one million messages in the campaign, demonstrating how business email compromise (BEC) operations are becoming more polished, scalable, and difficult to spot. The…
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Hackers Use AI-Assisted CEO Emails to Trick Finance Teams Into Sending $50,000 Payments.
Threat actors are using AI-assisted phishing templates, executive impersonation, fake ServiceNow invoices, and fabricated email threads to pressure finance teams into authorizing fraudulent ACH payments worth nearly $50,000. Microsoft detected more than one million messages in the campaign, demonstrating how business email compromise (BEC) operations are becoming more polished, scalable, and difficult to spot. The…
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Quantum’s Bigger Threat: Forged Identities, Not Data Theft
Applied Quantum’s Marin Ivezic on Why Forged Signatures Beat Stolen Data as a Risk. Data theft dominates quantum risk planning, but a quieter threat could prove even worse. Marin Ivezic, CEO at Applied Quantum, says quantum computers used to forge digital signatures at some point in the future could undermine trust across IT and OT…
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Why The Cybersecurity Channel Is Essential As An AI Reality Check: Analysis
Leaders of today’s channel security powerhouses such as Cyderes CEO Chris Schueler are showing how to strike the balance between separating the real AI threats and risks from the hype. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/why-the-cybersecurity-channel-is-essential-as-an-ai-reality-check-analysis
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Digital X 2026 – Telekom-CEO Diehl: Nächster iPhone-Moment gehört der KI
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/digital-x-koeln-telekom-cyberabwehr-ki-agenten-cloud-a-c198601aaccc06b2ae28fbda51887a36/
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Kevin Mandia joins the Amazon board with 30-plus years in cybersecurity
Amazon elected Kevin Mandia to its Board of Directors on September 8. Mandia founded Mandiant and served as its CEO before Google acquired the firm in September 2022, and he … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/10/kevin-mandia-joins-amazon-board/
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Stopping Rogue AI Agents in Real Time
Capsule Security CEO Naor Paz joins Alan Shimel to explain why rogue AI agent detection is a runtime problem, not a posture one, and how inspecting intent drift can stop a dangerous tool call before it runs. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/stopping-rogue-ai-agents-in-real-time/
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Cyber Talk 13 Qualys: What Security Leaders Can Learn From Its Evolution From Vulnerability Scanning to Risk Operations
The real question is not whether Qualys is old, but whether its most successful playbook still fits the next era of securityAt Black Hat 2026, Qualys CEO Sumedh Thakar made a very practical point: if organizations could simply fix every… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/cyber-talk-13-qualys-what-security-leaders-can-learn-from-its-evolution-from-vulnerability-scanning-to-risk-operations/
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How Recent Cyber Earnings Show Growth Alone No Longer Pays
Faster Hiring Coincided With Weaker Stock Performance Across Most Security Vendors Seven of eight major cyber and technology vendors posted at least 25% annual year-over-year sales growth, but five stocks fell after earnings as investors favored profitability while CEOs outlined how AI agents will reshape security, identity and enterprise infrastructure. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Security Operations To See A ‘Renaissance’ In Next 24 Months: Cyderes CEO
Security operations is poised to see an “absolute renaissance” over the next two years, with AI and agentic capabilities eliminating much of the repetitive work facing security analysts”, while also potentially leading to a surge in threat actor activity that must be protected against, Cyderes CEO Chris Schueler tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump…
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A five-part inventory for your AI agent credentials
In this Help Net Security video, Roy Katmor, co-founder and CEO of Orchid, explains why AI agents hold credentials that nobody reviews. Organizations build agents in AI … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/04/ai-agent-credentials-video/
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A five-part inventory for your AI agent credentials
In this Help Net Security video, Roy Katmor, co-founder and CEO of Orchid, explains why AI agents hold credentials that nobody reviews. Organizations build agents in AI … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/04/ai-agent-credentials-video/