Tag: ciso
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8 steps CISOs can take to empower their teams
Once when we were rolling out a well-known EDR tool, I knew the settings weren’t tight enough, nor were the received updates applied fast enough. So I asked two people to own this, come up with suggestions for tightening the screws, and guarantee a successful rollout on multiple OSes in parallel. The phased approach took…
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Why Healthcare Faces Rising Risks From Shadow AI
Zscaler’s Ravi Monga on Managing AI Risks in Clinical Environments. Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting AI for efficiency and patient care, but governance is lagging behind. Zscaler’s Healthcare CISO Ravi Monga explains why visibility into AI usage, including shadow AI, has become the sector’s most urgent cybersecurity challenge. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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The CISO’s guide to responding to shadow AI
Tags: ai, breach, business, ciso, cybersecurity, data, governance, guide, mitigation, privacy, risk, strategy, technology, tool, training, updateUnderstand why AI is being used: If CISOs want to manage shadow AI effectively, they need to understand why it keeps popping up. The immediate reaction may be to shut down the use of shadow AI, but there must be more to the response than that.”Our focus is understanding why they’re using it, educating them…
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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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Why CISOs Need to Start Taking AI Third-Party Risk Seriously
Keyrock CISO David Cass on Managing Agentic AI Risk in Financial Services. As financial institutions accelerate AI adoption, traditional governance models are falling short. David Cass, CISO at Keyrock, explains why organizations must rethink accountability, asset visibility and identity controls to manage emerging risks from LLMs and agentic AI systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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AI Has Created a New Attack Surface and Encryption Is Not Enough
Tags: access, ai, attack, ciso, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, injection, intelligence, leak, LLM, microsoft, mitigation, network, risk, service, side-channel, sql, training, vulnerability<div cla Executive Insight For decades, enterprises relied on strong encryption to protect sensitive data in transit, and encryption used to be the end of the conversation. If an organization could say “we use TLS 1.3 and modern cipher suites,” that was enough to reassure boards, regulators, and customers that data in transit was…
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AI Has Created a New Attack Surface and Encryption Is Not Enough
Tags: access, ai, attack, ciso, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, framework, injection, intelligence, leak, LLM, microsoft, mitigation, network, risk, service, side-channel, sql, training, vulnerability<div cla Executive Insight For decades, enterprises relied on strong encryption to protect sensitive data in transit, and encryption used to be the end of the conversation. If an organization could say “we use TLS 1.3 and modern cipher suites,” that was enough to reassure boards, regulators, and customers that data in transit was…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, framework, governance, government, Hardware, iam, identity, mfa, mobile, network, nis-2, passkey, password, PCI, phone, regulation, saas, service, startup, strategy, technologyPasswordless authentication on the rise: Passwords have long been the weakest link in most security architectures.Many mobile phones and laptops already use biometrics for authentication, and the user experience is typically far better than typing a long and complex password into an interface.The growing uptake of passwordless authentication (FIDO2/passkeys, biometrics) is redefining the scope of…
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EU AI Act Compliance Guide for CISOs GRC Leaders – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/eu-ai-act-compliance-guide-for-cisos-grc-leaders-kovrr/
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News: AI-native Security Assurance leads the GRC Transformation
Enterprise CISOs are being asked to do more than ever. Their role is now two-fold: protector of the business and enabler of its growth. They need to reduce risk across a vast and changing digital environment, protect the business, satisfy customers, and meet compliance requirements. What’s more, they want to showcase the positive impacts of…The…
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AI Forces CISOs to Rebuild Defense Playbooks
Francis deSouza of Google Cloud on Fighting AI-Driven Threats With AI. AI has redrawn the threat landscape for security leaders and forced a new operating model. Francis deSouza of Google Cloud says CISOs must counter faster, AI-driven attacks with AI-led defense, stronger governance and teams fluent in AI. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Autonomous AI adoption is on the rise, but it’s risky
Big risk, big reward: Herein lies the rub: AI experts see huge potential advantages with autonomous AI, with the possibility of creating huge workplace efficiencies, but the risks are substantial.Riley acknowledges both security concerns and the potential for agentic AI to take actions that users didn’t anticipate. While users haven’t yet seen autonomous AI able…
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Why CISOs should embrace AI honeypots
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, ciso, credentials, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, hacker, LLM, mitigation, open-source, RedTeam, risk, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityWhy CISOs should consider honeypots: Another player in the AI honeypot space is Deutsche Telekom (DT). The firm is both a user and purveyor of AI-powered honeypots through its free, open-source platform ‘T-Pot.’ The most obvious advantage to their use, explains Marco Ochse, DT’s lead for threat analytics and mitigation, lies in how little these…
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AI Redefines Trust in Global Payments
Visa CISO Subra Kumaraswamy on Securing Agents, Fighting Fraud, Protecting Commerce. AI is transforming trust in global payments as attackers scale faster and agents automate decisions. CISO Subra Kumaraswamy explains how Visa uses AI to combat fraud, secure transactions and build trust across consumers, merchants and a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem. 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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CISOs Debate Human Role in AI-Powered Security
The idea of a human in the loop in AI deployment was challenged during a security executive panel at the RSAC 2026 Conference this week. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/cisos-debate-human-role-ai-powered-security
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The hidden cost of AI speed: Unmanaged cyber risk
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, flaw, google, governance, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, monitoring, open-source, openai, privacy, radius, risk, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAI isn’t just moving fast. It’s creating new attack paths. Cyber teams must now manage vulnerabilities and their ramifications throughout their IT environments in AI tools deployed without enough governance guardrails. The answer for securing this new attack surface? Unified exposure management. Key takeaways AI as an attack vector: By connecting to core workflows and…
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Vorlon Survey: 99% of Organizations Got Hit by a SaaS or AI Security Incident in 2025
A survey of 500 U.S. CISOs published by Vorlon ahead of RSAC 2026 found that 99.4% of organizations experienced at least one SaaS or AI ecosystem security incident in 2025. Only three out of 500 reported zero incidents. The numbers get more uncomfortable from there. One in three enterprises dealt with a security incident involving..…
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Behavioral XDR and threat intel nab North Korean fake IT worker within 10 days of hire
Key signs of NK-linked insider infiltration: SpiderLabs has found that these threat actors commonly operate from China rather than North Korea because the internet is more stable and they can employ VPN services to conceal their true geographic origin.Astrill VPN has the ability to bypass China’s Great Firewall and allows threat actors to tunnel traffic…
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Fast jeder zweite CISO fürchtet Jobverlust nach Vorfall – CISOs müssen die Sprache des Vorstands lernen
Tags: cisoFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cisos-vorstandssprache-kommunikationsluecke-a-5bd2bb4151a06fb3372e8ff4d78f2647/
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TDL 018 – How To Think, Not What To Think – Mitch Prior
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, backup, blockchain, business, cctv, china, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, credentials, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, firmware, google, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, jobs, law, mail, malware, military, network, phone, privacy, resilience, risk, router, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, wifi, zero-trustThe Human Algorithm in a Zero-Trust World In the latest episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with cybersecurity expert Mitch Prior to discuss the intersection of high-tech security and human intuition. From their first meeting in 2018″, the early days of Zero Trust”, the duo explores why the “why” behind technical…
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How CISOs Can Survive the Era of Geopolitical Cyberattacks
Geopolitical tensions are driving destructive cyberattacks designed to disrupt operations, not demand ransom. CISOs must limit lateral movement and contain breaches to reduce the impact of wiper campaigns. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-cisos-can-survive-the-era-of-geopolitical-cyberattacks/
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Check Point gründet Executive Advisory Board für KI-gestützte Innovationen
Die Ankündigung erfolgt im Rahmen von ‘Leaders Point”, einem Treffen von Führungskräften von Check Point. Bei den Treffen kommen mehr als 50 CISOs globaler Organisationen zusammen First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/check-point-gruendet-executive-advisory-board-fuer-ki-gestuetzte-innovationen/a44230/