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CISO is the senior executive responsible for an organization’s information security strategy and governance. This role involves overseeing risk assessments, security architecture, and policy enforcement to protect sensitive data and critical systems. The CISO coordinates between technical teams and business units to ensure security measures align with organizational priorities and regulatory requirements.
In practice, the CISO must manage risks from insider threats, supply chain vulnerabilities, and targeted cyberattacks by prioritizing security controls and monitoring emerging threats. Their decisions influence how effectively an organization detects and responds to incidents, maintains secure configurations, and integrates security into business processes. Effective CISOs balance technical expertise with strategic oversight to reduce exposure across diverse attack surfaces.
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As hospital-at-home programs expand and AI adoption accelerates, healthcare organizations face mounting cloud security demands. Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare, discusses vendor accountability, identity management, clinical AI risks and the need for stronger cybersecurity foundations.
Healthcare organizations should prepare for post-quantum cryptography without overreacting to hype, said John Frushour, CISO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Stronger encryption standards, commercial software support and attention to medical devices can help providers manage emerging risks.
Your Controls Assume a Human Is Acting on the Data Being Accessed. But AI Isn't HumanAI is exposing a blind spot in enterprise security: Controls built for humans don't work on agents that never pause, filter or apply judgment. New CISO research shows many organizations can't track what AI is accessing - turning existing data gaps into machine-speed risk.
Bank of Ireland's Francis Gorman Shares Strategies for Successful Quantum MigrationMost organizations give the migration to quantum-safe cryptography to the CISO. But that puts a cross-business change in the wrong hands. Accountability belongs with senior leaders who can influence the whole enterprise, says Francis Gorman, head of Bank of Ireland's security center of excellence.
CISOs Discussed Governance, Security Operations and Cyber RiskFrom boardroom persuasion to AI-powered SOCs, ISMG's Cyber Resilience Summit Dallas gave senior security and risk leaders a playbook for the age of inevitable disruption, with sessions spanning zero trust, human risk reduction, threat preemption and governance as a foundation of resilience.
Paul Watts of Keywords Studios on Business Alignment, AI Hype and Workforce RiskCybersecurity leaders who still operate through the lens of frameworks and risk registers could be irrelevant in a world where business moves without them, said Paul Watts, CISO at Keywords Studios. He recommends investing in both AI and people to sustain operations over the long haul, he said.
MultiCare Health CISO Jason Elrod on Need for Faster Cyber ResilienceEmerging AI tools can identify and exploit software vulnerabilities within minutes, forcing healthcare organizations to rethink cyber strategies. Jason Elrod, CISO of MultiCare Health System, explains why exploitability management, microsegmentation and AI-driven resilience matter more than ever.
Inversion6 CISO Ian Thornton-Trump on What Cybersecurity Startups Get WrongCISOs are bombarded with more than 400 cold outreach attempts a month - ignoring nearly all of them. If vendors want to break through, they need to stop selling and start solving, said Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO at Inversion6.
SANS Survey Says Industry Risks Future by Cutting Roles That Train Cyber ExpertiseAI is automating the entry-level cybersecurity roles where the next generation of experts have always been trained. As the industry struggles to hire senior talent, cutting the bottom rungs of the ladder could create a talent crisis today that CISOs can't solve later.
Company Pushes Key Rotation After 3,800 Repositories CompromisedHacked code repository GitHub warned administrators of self-hosted git servers to rotate public encryption keys following a May 18 incident involving a poisoned VS Code extension used by an employee. GitHub CISO Alexis Wales in a Tuesday update said the repository is rotating all keys.
Advanced AI Models Find More Holes Than Enterprise Security Teams Can PlugArtificial intelligence models such as Anthropic's Mythos are rapidly exposing decades of hidden software security debt, forcing CIOs and CISOs to rethink vulnerability management, remediation capacity and the trade-offs between availability and breach prevention.
CEO Beth Tschida: AI Developers' Apple Preference Could Strengthen Jamf's PositionChief Technology Officer Beth Tschida takes over as CEO of Minneapolis-based Jamf with a mandate to define how the Apple management and security vendor uses AI internally while helping CISOs govern shadow AI, identity and policy controls across enterprise Apple fleets.
Forrester's Allie Mellen on Preparing for a Mythos-Level Surge in VulnerabilitiesAI is simultaneously the biggest threat to financial system security and the most powerful tool for defending it. The IMF is sounding the alarm on systemic risk. Forrester principal analyst Allie Mellen breaks down what that means for CISOs and security teams at financial institutions.
Security Leaders Face Gaps, Not in Their Org Charts, But in Their Team's SkillsConcerns about the skills and capabilities of cybersecurity teams have for the first time overtaken worries about headcount and unfilled vacancies among CISOs, according to a new SANS survey.
Tightening Budgets and AI-Enabled Attacks Stretch State Cyber DefensesState CISO confidence has collapsed, with just 22% saying their data is protected from cyberthreats. The 2026 NASCIO-Deloitte study points to AI-enabled attacks, third-party vendor risk and the worst budget picture in years as states rethink how they defend public data.
Acquisition Adds Advisory, GRC and Vulnerability Services to ImagineX's MDR CoreTekStream acquired ImagineX’s cyber division to integrate advisory, vulnerability management and GRC with its MDR services, aiming to help CISOs defend against faster, AI-driven attacks by unifying proactive and reactive security into a single operational model.
Recent Package Compromises Pushed Software Component Trust to the Security AgendaCloudsmith raised a $72 million Series C led by TCV to expand policy enforcement, auditability and real-time package risk analysis as CISOs focus more closely on software supply-chain threats tied to open-source dependencies, AI-assisted development and compromised artifacts.
Why CISOs Must Rethink Trust, MFA and Machine Identity GovernanceAI-driven phishing emails, voice deepfakes and synthetic identities have changed the threat landscape. Attackers now mimic trusted users with precision. Security teams can no longer rely on static controls or traditional verification methods.
CISO Insights Reveal Gaps Between AI Adoption Speed and Data Security MaturityA survey of 124 CISOs reveals most enterprises have scaled AI but lack confidence in data security controls. With only one in five initiatives meeting KPIs, gaps in enforcement, data trust and visibility are emerging as critical barriers to AI success.