Strategic Cybersecurity for Security Leaders—risk management, board communication, security culture, and talent development that align security initiatives with business outcomes.
Vilas Shewale, Principal Specialist at Energy Transfer, explains why vulnerability severity scores alone can't determine cybersecurity priorities in critical infrastructure, where operational risks and remediation constraints demand careful judgment.
Thanh Thai, CISO and VP at Constellis, explains how CMMC requirements are reshaping government contracting and why effective compliance depends on stronger security controls, operational evidence, and organizational alignment.
Sunil Varkey, EVP and CISO at Hexaware Technologies, explains why security teams should focus on the weaknesses attackers can reach and the context SOC agents need to act.
Kristofer Wilson's path from data governance into security shapes how Newell Brands prioritizes risk, communicates it to executives, and scales it across a global footprint.
Bradley Schagrin says the fix starts at the board, with KPIs that cascade, scrutiny of the vendor behind the product and POCs run as collaboration.
Matthew Sharp, Chief Information Security Officer at Xactly Corp, argues that AI decisions now surface in too many rooms at once for any single governance model to review them all.
Rinki Sethi, Chief Security & Strategy Officer at Upwind Security, on why agentic AI is pushing security teams to organize around outcomes rather than the functional handoffs between SecOps, GRC, and identity.
Arturo Santos, DT Director of Cybersecurity Architecture at Amtrak, on why critical infrastructure can't wait a decade to replace legacy systems, and the foundational controls that keep them defensible now.
UniFirst Information Security Manager Edward Matthews on why culture beats tooling in cybersecurity and how AI works best as a force multiplier for capable teams.
Helen Patton, Cybersecurity Executive Advisor at Cisco, argues that measuring AI by speed alone starves the security talent pipeline and does little for the organizations stuck below the security poverty line.
Benjamin Glover, Manager of Information Security, argues that defenders who stack tools they can't explain are losing the judgment real resilience requires, and draws a hard line on how far AI should reach into the SOC.
Michael Sieli, Project Manager at Main Line Health, explains how he deployed endpoint protection across 11,500 endpoints in a hospital system by staging the rollout around clinical continuity, starting with a controlled IT pilot, and earning organizational trust one clean deployment at a time.
Cybersecurity strategists Ty Hughes and Jothi Dugar explain how their Human Incident Response plan keeps responders functioning through weeks-long breaches.
Chris Patteson, Director of Cybersecurity, GRC at a large pharmaceutical manufacturing organization, why the decisions made in the first hour of a ransomware response shape years of legal, regulatory, and operational consequences.
Amarish Pathak, CTO at AAFMAA Mortgage Services, explains why AI-powered deepfake attacks bypass firewalls, MFA, and zero-trust architecture entirely, targeting the human making the decision.
Hazel Cerra, Director of Digital Security Convergence at BlackCloak, explains why deepfakes have made human trust itself a core enterprise vulnerability and what verification has to look like now.
Bethanie Nonami, Founder of VINify and Certified AI Consultant, explains why employees are hiding their AI use because they don't know if it makes them look capable or careless, and why organizations that can't permission uncertainty will lose their best people.
Jon Murphy, a multi-published, multi-award-winning CISO with over two decades of digital risk management & Board Advisory experience, explains why quantum risk demands data classification before decryption arrives.
Jojo D. and Ty Hughes, experts in cybersecurity and human-centered transformation, discuss alert fatigue and suggest a hybrid approach that combines AI tools with leadership support to alleviate the costly burden of employee exhaustion.
Ruvos Director of Compliance David Pahlman discusses the role of risk and governance in deciding whether to outsource SOC teams, and how hidden costs often drive mid-size businesses to seek external solutions.
Deepika Joshi, Principal Advisor at Egghead Global Consulting, illustrates a hybrid approach to internal and external SOC tools and teams that builds deep resilience and risk management capabilities.
Gaelle Koanda, Cybersecurity Professional at BAE Systems, describes how informal conversations in conference hallways help professionals connect with industry leaders and build personal and professional networks.
As Head of Cybersecurity for a multi-billion dollar organization and leader of two Chicago-based Cybersecurity communities, Anatoly Bodner shows how shared knowledge is closing dangerous gaps in modern defense.
Joshua Copeland, Director of Cybersecurity at Crescendo, explains how aligning identity, access, and workflow friction helps organizations reduce risk while preserving productivity.
Adrian Salas, CISO and cybersecurity consultant, explains why cybersecurity leaders must move from tool accumulation to financially disciplined, outcome-driven decision-making.
Cyberpsychologist Dr. Erik J. Huffman explains why organizations must shift their focus from technical security to psychological safety to build a more resilient, human-centered defense.
Amelia Hewitt, Co-Founder of Principle Defence and Founder of CybAid, examines how fatigue-driven decision-making failures are creating an unmeasured vulnerability in modern cyber defense.
Marius Poskus, CEO of MP Cybersecurity Services, explains why CISOs who translate risk into business outcomes earn board trust, stronger budgets, and long-term leadership influence.
The cybersecurity "talent shortage" is a myth. Rosie Anderson, Head of Strategic Solutions at th4ts3cur1ty.company, explains why the real problem is a broken talent pipeline caused by automating the junior roles that build future leaders and what to do about it.
John Sapp, CISO at Texas Mutual Insurance Company, reframes modern security as continuous adaptation, shifting leaders from vulnerabilities to exposure management for AI.
The modern CISO is a business enabler. Firudin Davudzada, Bamboo Card's Information Security Manager, shares his playbook for security champions, vetting tech, and resilience.
Jonathon Gordon, Industry Analyst at Takepoint Research, explains why remote access is both OT's biggest vulnerability and the one risk asset owners can realistically get their arms around.
Cyber wellness advocates JoJo D. & Ty Hughes champion a movement to redesign systems, not people, for healthier teams and stronger cyber defenses.
Kleber Souza Pinto, Cybersecurity Consultant at GNL Granite Design, explains how four converging pressures are forcing the CISO role beyond its technical origins.
Based on decades leading regulated organizations, Georgia Tech professor and former CIO Ann Dunkin details how living risk registers anchor real cyber resilience.
Ilan Barda, Founder and CEO of Radiflow, says OT security still misjudges risk by hardening internal networks while exposed remote access points face constant, largely unseen attack pressure.
Smarttech247 Group CEO Raluca Saceanu explains why social engineering remains a persistent threat and proposes an AI-assisted model for addressing it.
Nuvei Head of Security Madhuri Nandi shares how translating cyber risk into business outcomes earns board trust and sustainable security investment.
Tool sprawl and operational gaps create cybersecurity blind spots. Mike Andrewes, cybersecurity advisor and owner of Yastis, mitigates the "unmanaged middle" with a risk-first strategy.
An interview with Michael McLaughlin, Co-Leader of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Mike Green, CISO at Availity, explains why healthcare security must protect patient outcomes as AI use grows.
Jeremiah Udy, Managing Principal and Client vCISO at Vectari, outlines why holding CISOs accountable without budget authority breaks cyber risk governance and leaves organizations exposed.
Cyber breaches now create personal exposure for CISOs as insurance fine print overrides org charts. Kurtis Suhs, Founder and CEO of Concierge Cyber, shows how knowledge clauses decide who pays.
MM-ISAC CEO Rob Labbé explains why security budgets shrink when CISOs trade technical jargon for clear business value.
Duncan Rae, CISO at Pepkor NexTech, shows how treating cyber risk like any other business decision builds trust, protects availability, and turns security into a growth partner.
Richard Harrison, CISO and Head of Cyber and Technology Risk at Foodstuffs South Island, outlines why security must move beyond compliance theater to proactively reduce material business risk.
Cybersecurity leaders "The Chaos Guru" Jojo D. and "The AI Alchemist" Ty Hughes link employee burnout to insider risk, resilience, and national security outcomes.
Paul Veeneman, Cybersecurity & Risk Lead at Point Solutions Group, reframes OT security as process protection, showing how mindset shifts and zero trust reduce real-world risk.
Bradley Schagrin, Sales Director at ObserveID, outlines why boards must take full ownership of cyber risk as the CISO role expands and trust becomes the defining business asset.
Srilakshmi Tariniganti, Manager of Technology Risk at Sutherland, shows how weak ownership and compliance-driven habits keep companies reactive and outlines a path to real risk culture.
JP Calderon Del Vecchio, Global CISO, explains why mastering data governance is key to building better defenses against advanced AI threats.
Swedbank CSO Petra Klein explains how a culture first security strategy strengthens organizational defense and elevates employee accountability.
A new survey reveals nearly two-thirds of senior IT executives click on phishing links, creating a significant internal security risk.
Dana Kilcrease, CISO at Berkeley College, explains how a strong CIO-CISO alliance creates a more unified approach to security, technology, and risk.
