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NightDragon CEO Dave DeWalt Sees Cautious Optimism With Agentic AIAdvances in scalable AI and agentic technologies are creating a long-awaited shift in the defender-offender dynamic. With autonomy and agentic capabilities entering production, CISOs may soon deploy 100,000 autonomous agents instead of hiring more staff, said Dave DeWalt, CEO of NightDragon.

ISC2 CISO Jon France on Why Quantum Resilience Falls Squarely Under the CISOQuantum computing is at a tipping point, moving from theoretical math to deployable physics, said Jon France, CISO at ISC2. So, security teams need to start addressing the implementation of quantum-safe algorithms now, beginning with the five new safe algorithms released by NIST.

Anthropic's Jason Clinton Discusses the Benefits and Challenges of AI AgentsAI agents will be crucial in the software development life cycle to eliminate bugs, improving the quality of software, which could significantly reduce security vulnerabilities. Although managing AI agents for identity and access controls will be hard, said Jason Clinton, CISO at Anthropic.

Ellis of YL Ventures on How Modern CISOs Must Lead, Not Master Every DisciplineThere were never many 'do everything' CISOs. Today there are even fewer. But with a specialist area, strong overview and ability to channel expertise, CISOs can align with business goals, embrace the business enabler role, demonstrate quick wins, and ensure their organization makes better risk decisions.

Panel Explores AI Innovation, Geopolitical Tensions and Cybersecurity LeadershipISMG editors share insights from Day 3 of RSAC Conference 2025, unpacking nagging AI security challenges, evolving CISO roles, operational technology protection and the impact of geopolitical tensions on global cybersecurity collaboration.

Team8's Liran Grinberg on How CISOs Influence Boardrooms and Enterprise SecurityWith cyber risk ranked as one of the top threats to business continuity, cybersecurity has now become a core component to business survival. Liran Grinberg, co-founder and managing partner at Team8, said the CISO's role has transformed into one of the most critical positions in any enterprise.

JPMorgan’s CISO has argued that SaaS apps represent a growing risk to businesses, “quietly enabling cyber attackers”

'Providers Must Urgently Reprioritize Security," Writes Patrick OpetBanking giant JPMorgan Chase called on software as a service providers to improve cybersecurity practices in an open letter accusing them of "quietly enabling cyberattackers." An attack "on one major SaaS or PaaS provider can immediately ripple through its customers," wrote CISO Patrick Opet.

Morgan Stanley's Keith Weiss on Economic Pressure Impact on Security BudgetsTight budgets and data challenges are driving enterprises away from best-of-breed security solutions toward more consolidated platforms. Consolidation offers streamlined security and better data visibility and integration, said Keith Weiss, head of U.S. software research at Morgan Stanley.

Whistleblowing, email is evidential mail, HR is not your friend, and more discussed by CxO panel RSAC Chief security officers should negotiate personal liability insurance and a golden parachute when they start a new job – in case things go sideways and management tries to scapegoat them for a network breach.…