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A CISO's Honest Take on Regulation

Cybercriminals don't care about borders. So why do we have 12 different regulatory frameworks for the same threat? Olivier Busolini, Group Head of Information Security at Mashreq Bank, voiced the frustration every global CISO feels: "In every country, I have 12 countries at Mashreq. In every country, there is a slightly different or sometimes vastly different requirement that I have to abide to.".
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Security Shifts in 2026: Risk Moves Beyond the CISO

In 2026, cybersecurity will shift from being seen as the security team's responsibility to being part of how the entire company operates. Every business function will share ownership of risk. Finance, engineering, product, and marketing will all have clear roles in protecting customer trust.

Looking Ahead to 2026: Why Cyber Economics Will Redefine the CISO's Mandate

Cybersecurity in 2026 will be driven by economics. Not hype. Not novelty. Economics. Attackers follow financial incentives and scale their operations faster than most enterprises can defend. CISOs must shift from reporting technical metrics to explaining business impact, guide safe AI adoption as Shadow AI grows, and design programs that emphasize resilience over perfection.

SecurityScorecard CISO Steve Cobb as Cyber Santa's 2025 Naughty and List 2025

AI dominated headlines this year and threat actor groups made bold moves in 2025. From threat actors like Imperial Kitten and scammers using tools like Sora AI to mimc real human voices to Congressional action on the PILLAR act and a $50 billion rural healthcare investment from the U.S. government, there are a lot of moments this year that make up Cyber Santa's Naughty and Nice List for 2025.

How strategic CISOs turn AI risks into competitive advantages

As the flurry of excitement over fresh AI innovation begins to fade, risk leaders, heads of GRC and CISOs have a new challenge to tackle. Regulators, customers, and boards are all asking harder questions about how AI is used, secured, and audited. For CISOs, AI governance is now a board-level expectation. Some organizations will be able to confidently show their measured and documented approach to AI governance.

LLMs, Quantum Computing, and the Top Challenges for CISOs in 2026

Cybersecurity in 2026 is entering its most transformative and volatile phase yet. For CISOs, the landscape is no longer defined only by web, network, and cloud threats. Instead, attackers now target AI/LLM systems, APIs, identity platforms, SaaS ecosystems and supply chains. The surge in attacks across applications, APIs, and GenAI systems indicates that adversaries are scaling faster, using automation, AI-assisted exploitation, and new social engineering vectors.

Top CISO Priorities and Global Digital Trust with Morgan Adamski

Welcome to Data Security Decoded. Join host Caleb Tolin in conversation with Morgan Adamski who leads Cyber, Data, and Tech Risk at PwC and is a former US national security leader who spent 16 years tracking nation-state threats inside the US government. Coming out of a career spent inside secure facilities without windows or phones and working to address China’s prepositioning in US critical infrastructure, Morgan shares a direct view of how geopolitics is now shaping cyber risk decisions in boardrooms.

EU Cyber Resilience Act Readiness: A Strategic Guide for CISOs

Authors: Tova Dvorin, Senior Product Marketing Manager On December 10, 2024, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) officially entered into force, marking the start of a three-year runway before its main obligations apply on December 11, 2027. While that might seem distant, the reality is clear: compliance preparation must begin now.