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Patched Doesn't Mean Safe: Why Security Teams Need to Test After They Fix
A new survey of 750 security leaders finds that fewer than one in three organisations check whether a fix actually stopped an attacker. The gap between completing work and reducing risk is where breaches still happen.
Burnout, Courage, and 'Good Enough': What One Top Security Chief Learned on the Way to the C-Suite
Ping Identity's CISO Russ Kirby on the mindset that carried him through a decade of high-pressure security roles, and what still keeps him up at night.
98% of Cybersecurity Leaders Report Job Stress. The Fix Isn't More Hiring.
A major industry survey finds that stress among security chiefs has become the norm, not the exception. The real problem, argues one senior researcher, is a design flaw in how organisations treat the role itself.
Your Company's Vendor Problem Starts Before Anyone Calls Security
When businesses pick software first and ask security questions second, they hand criminals a head start. Here is why fixing that order matters, and what a grown-up process actually looks like.
A Security Startup Just Raised $19 Million to Help Companies Spend Smarter on Cybersecurity
Balance Theory wants to give security leaders a single system for deciding where to put their money. Its platform already tracks more than $1 billion in security spending.
The Man Who Helped Build the CISO Role Explains What That Job Actually Takes
Charles Blauner served as the top security executive at JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank. His advice for the next generation of security leaders: find many mentors, give back constantly, and never mistake technical skill for leadership.
AI Smart Glasses Are Walking Into Your Office. Nobody Knows How to Stop Them.
Samsung's entry into AI-powered glasses has forced security leaders to face an uncomfortable truth: the recording device problem is already everywhere, and a ban probably makes things worse.
CISOs Are Now Running Business Resilience. Most Companies Haven't Noticed.
Security chiefs are quietly absorbing responsibility for keeping companies alive after a disaster, not just preventing one. Three experienced practitioners explain what that shift actually demands.
Boards Do Care About Cybersecurity. They Just Don't Understand It.
Security chiefs and company directors want the same thing. A language gap between them is leaving organisations dangerously exposed.
Meta Names Assaf Keren as Its New Chief Information Security Officer
The social media company has appointed a PayPal and Qualtrics veteran to lead its security operations, replacing the man who built the function from scratch.
Why the fastest way to get AI into your company is through the security team
Three-quarters of employees are already using AI at work. Security chiefs who build safe on-ramps are winning influence; those who say 'no' are being routed around.
AI Is Compressing the Cybersecurity Timeline. Security Teams Are Racing to Keep Up.
Artificial intelligence is speeding up both attack and defence at the same time. The organisations that survive the shift may not be the best-defended. They may simply be the fastest to act.
The CISO Who Started With Economics, Not Code
Andreas Gaetje runs cybersecurity for a 13,000-person German manufacturing giant. He has never been, in his own words, 'a deep bit-crawler'. That turns out to be beside the point.
A Quarter of Security Chiefs Thought About Quitting Last Year. AI is Why.
New survey data from Splunk shows the people responsible for keeping companies safe are burning out under the weight of AI risk, personal legal exposure, and executives who don't understand the problem.
Your AI Is Moving Faster Than Your Security Team Can Follow
Boards want CISOs to greenlight AI projects at speed. The tools to track what those AI systems actually touch, and whether they're behaving safely, haven't kept up.