Tag: ciso
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AI agents are here, now comes the hard part for CISOs
AI agents are being deployed inside enterprises today to handle tasks across security operations. This shift creates new opportunities for security teams but also introduces … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/10/google-ai-security-roi/
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CISOs, stop chasing vulnerabilities and start managing human risk
Breaches continue to grow in scale and speed, yet the weakest point remains unchanged: people. According to Dune Security’s 2025 CISO Risk Intelligence Survey, over 90 percent … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/10/ciso-human-centric-risk/
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Zero Trust’s Next Phase: Agility, Identity, AI Risks
Tags: access, ai, ciso, control, data, governance, identity, intelligence, network, risk, threat, zero-trustWhy CISOs Must Rethink Access, Behavioral Analytics and AI Governance at Scale Zero trust is evolving beyond static controls and network segmentation. CISOs must prepare for dynamic, behavior-driven security models that incorporate real-time intelligence, enforce identity and data safeguards, and manage AI as both a threat vector and a security tool. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Breaking Down Silos: Why You Need an Ecosystem View of Cloud Risk
Tags: access, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, exploit, governance, grc, identity, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, metric, network, risk, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityA disjointed approach to cloud security generates more noise than clarity, making it hard for you to prioritize what to fix first. Learn how Tenable dissolves this challenge by integrating cloud security into a unified exposure management platform giving you the context to pinpoint your organization’s biggest cyber risks. Don’t just manage cloud security understand…
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Breaking Down Silos: Why You Need an Ecosystem View of Cloud Risk
Tags: access, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, exploit, governance, grc, identity, infrastructure, Internet, least-privilege, metric, network, risk, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityA disjointed approach to cloud security generates more noise than clarity, making it hard for you to prioritize what to fix first. Learn how Tenable dissolves this challenge by integrating cloud security into a unified exposure management platform giving you the context to pinpoint your organization’s biggest cyber risks. Don’t just manage cloud security understand…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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How Leading CISOs are Getting Budget Approval
It’s budget season. Once again, security is being questioned, scrutinized, or deprioritized.If you’re a CISO or security leader, you’ve likely found yourself explaining why your program matters, why a given tool or headcount is essential, and how the next breach is one blind spot away. But these arguments often fall short unless they’re framed in…
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71% of CISOs hit with third-party security incident this year
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, ceo, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, incident response, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, pypi, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, security-incident, service, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, toolSoftware supply chain threats: The software supply chain is heavily reliant on code developed by third-party developers, something only likely to increase with the advent of AI.Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of open-source software security vendor Sonatype, says that “enormously complex” software supply chains pose a growing threat.”Too many organizations have no idea what open-source…
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71% of CISOs hit with third-party security incident this year
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, ceo, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, incident response, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, pypi, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, security-incident, service, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, toolSoftware supply chain threats: The software supply chain is heavily reliant on code developed by third-party developers, something only likely to increase with the advent of AI.Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of open-source software security vendor Sonatype, says that “enormously complex” software supply chains pose a growing threat.”Too many organizations have no idea what open-source…
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5 ways CISOs are experimenting with AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, incident response, intelligence, login, metric, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, qr, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTranslating security metrics into business language: CISOs are now tasked with being the security storyteller, and it doesn’t always come easily. Turning to AI, CISOs are finding a helping hand to translate technical detail into business-oriented narratives, drawing on a range of data sources, risk trends, control gaps and threat modeling.AI tools are helping tailor…
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71% of CISOs hit with third-party security incident this year
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, ceo, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, incident response, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, pypi, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, security-incident, service, software, startup, supply-chain, threat, toolSoftware supply chain threats: The software supply chain is heavily reliant on code developed by third-party developers, something only likely to increase with the advent of AI.Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of open-source software security vendor Sonatype, says that “enormously complex” software supply chains pose a growing threat.”Too many organizations have no idea what open-source…
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5 ways CISOs are experimenting with AI
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, finance, framework, incident response, intelligence, login, metric, microsoft, monitoring, phishing, qr, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTranslating security metrics into business language: CISOs are now tasked with being the security storyteller, and it doesn’t always come easily. Turning to AI, CISOs are finding a helping hand to translate technical detail into business-oriented narratives, drawing on a range of data sources, risk trends, control gaps and threat modeling.AI tools are helping tailor…
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AI powered autonomous ransomware campaigns are coming, say experts
CSO, “it is entirely possible that criminals beat them to it. I have already seen AIs that can do scans, write malware, identify which resources are most valuable, [and more]. It is no surprise that someone found a way to have an AI automate such functions.”Grossman advised CISOs to continue implementing security controls under frameworks…
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Data security gaps stymy enterprise AI plans
Nearly three-quarters of CIOs and CISOs see information complexity as an adoption roadblock, according to a Ponemon Institute study commissioned by OpenText. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/data-complexity-cybersecurity-generative-ai-adoption-opentext/759503/
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Is the CISO role broken?
Short tenures breed long-term failure: But tenures have remained low. Several articles every year place the average CISO tenure in the region at two to three years, and that matches my own field experience.You do not achieve much in terms of transformative impact in any large firm in two to three years.In fact, many CISOs…
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Is the CISO role broken?
Short tenures breed long-term failure: But tenures have remained low. Several articles every year place the average CISO tenure in the region at two to three years, and that matches my own field experience.You do not achieve much in terms of transformative impact in any large firm in two to three years.In fact, many CISOs…
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10 security leadership career-killers, and how to avoid them
Tags: ai, breach, business, ciso, control, cybersecurity, incident response, intelligence, jobs, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool2. Being just a technologist rather than a business executive, too: To align security with enterprise strategy, security professionals need to be business leaders, too, says Ryan Knisley, former CISO of The Walt Disney Co. and Costco Wholesale.That remains a struggle for many CISOs, who still tend to ascend through the security organization and not…
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BSidesSF 2025: CISO Series Podcast LIVE!
Creator, Author and Presenter: David Spark, Andy Ellis, Alexandra Landegger Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and…
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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Hacker nutzen gravierende Schwachstelle bei SAP S/4HANA aus
Tags: access, authentication, bug, ciso, cloud, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, germany, hacker, injection, monitoring, password, reverse-engineering, sans, sap, service, update, vulnerabilityEin Exploit für die Schwachstelle wurde bereits in freier Wildbahn beobachtet.Vergangenen Monat hat SAP einen Patch für S/4HANA herausgebracht, der die gewaltige Schwachstelle CVE-2025-42957 mit einem CVSS-Score von 9,9 beheben soll. Der nun aufgetauchte Exploit ermöglicht es einem User mit geringen Berechtigungen, mittels Code-Injection in der SAP-Programmiersprache ABAP die vollständige Kontrolle über ein S/4HANA-System zu…
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Hybride IT-Sicherheit – Wie CISOs hybride IT-Landschaften sicher beherrschen
Tags: cisoFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ciso-hybride-it-sicherheit-a-0a9725d629a3aa4228a82b302140e824/
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Lack of board access: The No. 1 factor for CISO dissatisfaction
Building a relationship with the board: The CISO Executive Network is a peer-to-peer organization for information security professionals with more than 1,500 members. Andy Land, general manager of the organization, is seeing most of those members working with solid access to their boards. “But the question is, are we fundamentally doing anything good with that…
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Lack of board access: The No. 1 factor for CISO dissatisfaction
Building a relationship with the board: The CISO Executive Network is a peer-to-peer organization for information security professionals with more than 1,500 members. Andy Land, general manager of the organization, is seeing most of those members working with solid access to their boards. “But the question is, are we fundamentally doing anything good with that…
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Smart ways CISOs can do more with less
In this Help Net Security video, Jill Knesek, CISO at BlackLine, shares practical strategies for CISOs navigating tighter budgets. From maximizing existing tools and vendor … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/05/ciso-budget-management-video/
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Smart ways CISOs can do more with less
In this Help Net Security video, Jill Knesek, CISO at BlackLine, shares practical strategies for CISOs navigating tighter budgets. From maximizing existing tools and vendor … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/05/ciso-budget-management-video/
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Alert: Exploit available to threat actors for SAP S/4HANA critical vulnerability
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, ciso, credentials, data, exploit, malicious, monitoring, password, programming, sans, sap, service, threat, vulnerability, zero-daydelete and insert data directly in the SAP Database;creating SAP users with SAP_ALL; download password hashes; modify business processes.”Historically, it has been difficult to apply patches to these complex systems, and many organizations will require careful (and slow) testing before the patches are deployed in production,” Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, told CSO.”ERP…
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Avnet unlocks vendor lock-in and reinvents security data management
Tags: ai, attack, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, conference, control, cybersecurity, data, LLM, microsoft, PCI, siem, strategy, technology, toolOwn and manage its data directly rather than leaving it siloed in vendor systems.Start large-scale extract, transform, and load (ETL) operations, allowing engineers to run analytics and AI-based use cases like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).Reduce costs associated with rigid SIEM licensing and storage tiers.Improve compliance with new PCI DSS v4.0 requirements for automated log review in…