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Half of CISOs say AI advances are pushing them toward the exit
A new survey finds one in two chief information security officers is weighing leaving the profession, as fast-moving AI tools and growing personal legal exposure make the job feel untenable.
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.
What separates a good security engineer from a great one in 2025
New research and industry voices spell out what companies should demand when hiring the people who keep their systems safe, and why a checklist of certifications no longer cuts it.
From Unusual Path to the Top: What Tarah Wheeler's Career Tells Us About Who Gets to Lead in Cybersecurity
Tarah Wheeler is CISO at TPO Group, a firm advising organisations where security failures carry real-world consequences. Her route there looked nothing like the standard playbook.
The Cybersecurity Skills Gap Is Real. But We're Measuring the Wrong Thing.
Companies keep buying courses and certifications. Breaches keep happening anyway. The problem is not a shortage of trained people. It is a shortage of people who have actually practised under fire.
Identity Security as a Career On-Ramp: What One CISO Actually Thinks
Silverfort's John Paul Cunningham argues AI is opening doors in cybersecurity rather than closing them, and identity is where new practitioners should focus first.