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TDL 019 – The Psychology Behind a Cyber Breach and the Leaders Who Survive It – Nim Nadarajah
Tags: access, ai, apple, automation, breach, business, cctv, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computing, conference, control, corporate, crowdstrike, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, dns, edr, email, finance, firewall, governance, group, healthcare, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, LLM, metric, microsoft, msp, network, office, powershell, privacy, programming, psychology, risk, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-trustLeading Through the Cyber Abyss In Episode 019 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Nim Nadarajah, CISO and Managing Partner of Critical Matrix, to explore the evolving landscape of cybersecurity leadership. From the “annual pilgrimage” of RSAC 2026 to the front lines of incident response, the conversation shifts from technical bits…
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Who Controls AI on Battlefields – the Military or the Model?
Former DoD CIO Beavers on Ethics, Reliability and AI as a National Security Tool. As AI is increasingly used in defense operations, a critical question emerges: Who controls the system – the military or the model? Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers explores challenges related to ethics and reliability, vendor risk, and autonomy as AI tools…
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Questions raised about how LinkedIn uses the petabytes of data it collects
CSOonline. “We do disclose that we scan for browser extensions in our privacy policy, in order to detect abuse and provide defense for site stability.” When asked whether it uses that data solely to do those things, LinkedIn did not reply. The key person behind the allegations calls himself Steven Morrell (not his legal name, which…
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AI Is Accelerating Cyberattacks Faster Than Defenses
Okta’s Brett Winterford on Identity Threats and Agentic AI Risks. AI is accelerating cyberattacks, collapsing timelines and exposing new identity risks. Okta’s Brett Winterford explains how attackers are using AI to scale phishing, exploit credentials and infiltrate enterprises – and what CIOs must do to defend against this rapidly evolving threat landscape. First seen on…
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The zero-day timeline just collapsed. Here’s what security leaders do next
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, cio, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, exploit, google, Internet, Intruder, leak, least-privilege, open-source, penetration-testing, resilience, service, strategy, tactics, update, vulnerability, zero-dayScaling vulnerability discovery to machine speed: Agentic AI is AI that can act, not just advise. Give it an objective, and it will plan steps, run them, learn from what happens and adjust until it succeeds or hits a hard stop. In cybersecurity, that looks like an automated operator. It can probe an application, test…
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What Happens When Data Centers Become Military Targets?
It’s Time for CIOs to Rethink Business Continuity Plans and Cloud Resources The targeting of commercial cloud data centers in the Middle East marks a turning point for CIOs and enterprise leaders. Geopolitics and military conflicts are definite threats to vital technology infrastructure. The question is: How well-prepared and resilient is your enterprise? First seen…
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Pentagon Commits to Reform of Cyber Talent Management System
Panel Calls for Modernization of Recruiting Processes for About 225,000 Cyber Jobs. The Pentagon’s years-long cyber workforce overhaul needs a Department of Defense-wide talent management system to ensure interoperability and consistency across the entire DoD enterprise, said the CIOs of four military services at a panel last week. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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6 key takeaways from RSA Conference 2026
Tags: ai, api, attack, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, google, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, jobs, LLM, office, RedTeam, regulation, risk, saas, service, technology, threat, tool, trainingSecuring the AI stack: Yes, but the threat surface has grown: The first technical priority I offered for CISOs in my conference preview was securing the AI stack, RAG workflows, LLM data pipelines, vector databases, and model APIs, on the basis that prompt injection, training data poisoning, and model inversion attacks were no longer theoretical.The…
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Why Misaligned Incentives Are the CISO’s Biggest Problem
Jim DuBois, Former Microsoft CIO and CISO, on Incentives, AI and Cyber’s Future. As AI reshapes cybersecurity, aligning security and innovation teams is more critical than ever. Former Microsoft CIO and CISO Jim DuBois says misaligned incentives create conflict, and fixing that is what lets organizations move fast without compromising security. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Netenrich Launches Cyber Risk Operations to Replace Alert-Centric Security Models
Netenrich launched Cyber Risk Operations at RSAC 2026 Monday, a new operating model powered by its Resolution Intelligence Cloud platform that aims to move enterprise security from reactive alert management toward continuous validation of control effectiveness. The offering targets CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs who are jointly accountable for enterprise security posture. Netenrich’s central argument is..…
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Netenrich Launches Cyber Risk Operations to Replace Alert-Centric Security Models
Netenrich launched Cyber Risk Operations at RSAC 2026 Monday, a new operating model powered by its Resolution Intelligence Cloud platform that aims to move enterprise security from reactive alert management toward continuous validation of control effectiveness. The offering targets CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs who are jointly accountable for enterprise security posture. Netenrich’s central argument is..…
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Inside the Growing ‘Cyber Invasion’ Targeting the US
Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers on Nation-State Attacks and Defense. Leslie Beavers, retired brigadier general and former acting CIO and principal deputy CIO of the Department of Defense, said the United States is already experiencing a cyber invasion, driven by coordinated activity from adversaries including Iran, China, Russia and North Korea. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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How Dell Is Building the Secure Agentic Enterprise
Dell’s AI Blueprint for Identity, Agents and Agentic Infrastructure. Going all-in on AI with a top down strategy and a ravenous appetite for innovation has helped Dell transform its operations and grow revenue by $30 billion, and the company’s evolution lays out a blueprint for how CIOs should think about building infrastructure for AI and…
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How Dell Is Building the Secure Agentic Enterprise
Dell’s AI Blueprint for Identity, Agents and Agentic Infrastructure. Going all-in on AI with a top down strategy and a ravenous appetite for innovation has helped Dell transform its operations and grow revenue by $30 billion, and the company’s evolution lays out a blueprint for how CIOs should think about building infrastructure for AI and…
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Inside Nevada’s Push for Secure Digital Government
Tags: ai, attack, cio, cybersecurity, data-breach, governance, government, identity, ransomware, resilienceState CIO Tim Galluzi on Identity Modernization, AI and Resident Services. The State of Nevada is accelerating its cybersecurity and digital modernization efforts after a major ransomware attack exposed the importance of resilience, workforce readiness and strong governance, said State CIO Tim Galluzi. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/inside-nevadas-push-for-secure-digital-government-a-31037
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AI Has Given You Two New Problems And Identity Governance Is the Only Place They Meet
AI has quietly turned identity governance into the place where real power flows are decided”, who (or what) can move money, change code, or rewrite records. That shift has handed CISOs and CIOs two problems nobody really signed up for: AI inside the identity stack making access decisions, and AI acting as powerful identities across…
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‘PlugPlay’ AI Is a Myth for Enterprises
CIOs Face Integration, Talent and ROI Hurdles Despite Rising AI Budgets. CIOs looking for quick wins from AI may be out of luck. The real value from AI won’t come from plug-and-play tools that can be bought, but rather from the hard work of integrating AI into enterprise systems, workflows and operating models, according to…
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Announcing the 2026 CSO Hall of Fame honorees
Tags: ai, ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, google, group, infrastructure, international, jobs, resilience, risk, risk-management, sans, technologySelim Aissi, CEO & CSO, AGARobert S. Allen, Global CISO & Responsible AI Officer, GallagherMohit Chanana, CISO, Chevron Phillips ChemicalEdna Conway, Chief Operations & Risk Officer, TPO GroupJuan Gomez-Sanchez, VP, Cyber Resilience, McLane Company, Inc.Gary Harbison, Global CISO, Johnson & JohnsonMalcolm Harkins, Chief Security & Trust Officer, HiddenLayerBarry Hensley, CSO, Brown & BrownShaun Khalfan, SVP,…
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Pentagon’s Anthropic Ban Is a Wake-Up Call for CIOs
AI Shutdown Risk Exposes Governance Gaps and Vendor Dependency Concerns. The federal government’s recent decision to designate Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI platform, as a supply-chain risk should raise alarm bells for technology leaders who are tasked with embedding AI systems across the enterprise. Going all-in with a single AI vendor can be risky.…
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Agentic AI Emerges as the Next Frontier for State Government IT
State CIOs Are Exploring How AI Agents Can Boost Productivity, Efficiency. Reputation aside, most pen pushers in state governments don’t actually like pushing paper. They also don’t care to force citizens to fill out forms in triplicate. Two decades of promises to minimize those chores may be on the cusp of gloriously coming true with…
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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency
His nearly five-year tenure had recently been marked by turmoil. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-cio-robert-costello-exits-agency/
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Quantum’s Uncertain Arrival Leaves CIOs With a Strategic Choice
The Quantum Clock Is Ticking, But Is the C-Suite Ready?. Quantum computing has been hovering just out of reach of the enterprise technology world for years and it’s still right around the corner now, said Nick Kathmann, CISO at LogicGate. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/quantums-uncertain-arrival-leaves-cios-strategic-choice-a-30895
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National Cyber Security Bill and NIS2: Senior Management’s Compliance Guide
Cybersecurity governance is moving to the highest levels of organizational leadership, a shift highlighted by the European Union’s NIS2 Directive and Ireland’s forthcoming National Cyber Security Bill. At a recent conference hosted by Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre, attendees were asked: “Where are cybersecurity risks managed in your organization?” Results showed roughly half of organizations assign cyber risk oversight…
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What Anthropic’s Claude Cowork Means for CIOs
New Plugins Push AI Beyond Coding Deeper Into Enterprise Workflows. Anthropic’s announcement this week that it has launched more Claude Cowork plugins to tackle enterprise workflows is just the latest advancement in the artificial intelligence company’s rollout of features aimed at upending the way companies do work. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/what-anthropics-claude-cowork-means-for-cios-a-30864
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5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backup, business, cio, ciso, cloud, conference, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, framework, governance, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, intelligence, network, okta, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCTEM in the spotlight: In another evolutionary trend, most organizations are moving beyond scanning for software snafus to continuous threat exposure management (CTEM). By doing so, security teams hope to get a full picture of all assets, as well as their configurations, locations, software vulnerabilities, ownership, and business criticality.Armed with this data, CTEM platforms look…
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It’s time to rethink CISO reporting lines
Tags: ai, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, data, governance, infrastructure, jobs, risk, threat, vulnerabilityWhat’s in a reporting line?: Aaron Painter, CEO of security vendor Nametag, contends that reporting structures often mean less than the respect the CISO is granted.Painter is “less dogmatic about where the CISO reports and more focused on whether they actually have a seat at the table,” he says.”Org charts matter far less than influence,”…
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ASP.NET to .NET Core Migration: What CIOs and CTOs Need to Know
Tags: cioYour ASP.NET Application Is Running. But Is It Holding You Back? Many enterprise applications still run on ASP.NET (.NET Framework). They are stable. They are…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/02/asp-net-to-net-core-migration-what-cios-and-ctos-need-to-know/
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With CISOs stretched thin, re-envisioning enterprise risk may be the only fix
Tags: access, ai, application-security, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, fraud, governance, grc, group, identity, infrastructure, jobs, monitoring, privacy, RedTeam, risk, soc, supply-chain, vulnerabilityStructural changes necessary: Flavio Villanustre, CISO for the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group, says many organizations have already made the structural changes necessary to address the rising importance, and specialization, of cybersecurity and risk functions.”The breadth and depth of information security and cybersecurity have increased so significantly over the past two decades that it drove a…
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Finding a common language around risk
Tags: ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, framework, governance, guide, intelligence, lessons-learned, metric, monitoring, phishing, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, updateBuilding one culture from three languages: The Organizational Risk Culture Standard (ORCS) offers something most frameworks miss: it treats culture as the foundation, not the afterthought. You can’t bolt culture onto existing processes and call it done. Culture is how people actually think about risk when no one is watching. It’s the shared beliefs that…
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The ROI Reckoning Is Coming for AI
CIOs Say Stalled Pilots, Vendor Regret and Growing Fatigue Stifle AI Ambition. These may be the halcyon days for enterprise artificial intelligence, where money and ambition are only hindered by imagination as tech vendors race to gain a competitive edge. But CIOs say they’re feeling increasing pressure to show ROI – and the reckoning is…