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I Read Gartner's 2026 Hype Cycle for Secure AI. Here Are 7 Takeaways Every CISO Should Know.

Gartner released the Hype Cycle for Secure AI, 2026 on 12 October 2026. I spent some time going through it, and a few things really stood out. The AI security market is exploding with new vendors, categories, and solutions. But the research reinforces something I’ve believed for a long time: Securing AI requires more than protecting the model. You need to understand and protect what AI can actually do.

Acronis CISO Gerald Caron brings a mission-first vision to cybersecurity

Acronis Chief Information and Security Officer (CISO) Gerald Caron connects modern cyber defense with mission outcomes, Zero Trust and the responsible use of AI. His perspective places the mission at the center of cybersecurity, drawing on a career in public service, where security decisions are closely connected to accountability, continuity and mission outcomes.

"Are We Exposed?" What CISOs Need to Know About Their Software Risk

Recent events have once again highlighted the need to quickly answer the question, “Are we exposed?” We now face threats to businesses and governments from vulnerabilities and compromises in three fundamental components used in software development: Curl, PHP, and LiteLLM.

10 Skills Every Modern CISO Needs Beyond Technical Expertise

CISOs are hired for their technical depth and then judged on everything else: can they get a budget approved? Can they calm an executive team at 2 a.m. while the incident is still unfolding? Can they convince a product lead to delay a launch without making an enemy? Almost no one is trained for this second job, and yet, it’s the one that decides whether a security program succeeds. This article will highlight ten crucial Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) skills.

How CISOs report security to the board: 3 foundational steps

A CISO can run a genuinely strong security program and still lose the room the moment they start presenting it to the board. They lead with what they know best: threats, vulnerabilities, mean time to detect, a heat map of likelihood and impact. It’s accurate, but it doesn’t tell the board what any of it means for the business.

CISO Risk Intel Brief: Trusted Ingress, Edge Zero-Days, and AI-Generated Code Define Residual Risk

This briefing covers material developments for the seven-day period of 14–21 October 2026 and the thirty-day period of 21 September–21 October 2026. It is written for board risk committees, peer CISOs, and security leadership. The focus is residual risk, control effectiveness, and business enablement across application security, software supply chain, cloud and infrastructure, identity, third-party exposure, and AI-assisted development.

Becoming the board-ready CISO: First steps for effective conversations (Alyssa Miller)

Becoming the board-ready CISO: Alyssa Miller on what boards actually want from security, and a three-part framework any CISO can use to align security with business objectives. CISO and Board Advisor Alyssa Miller joins TrustCloud CEO Sravish Sridhar to challenge the idea that “security first” is the right frame, and to lay out how strategic CISOs report to the board: mapping security to business objectives and KPIs, focusing on the few resilience goals that matter, and making the case for new investments like AI as business value, not just risk.

Sophos Launches CISO Advantage, Bringing CISO-Level Security Strategy Within Reach of Every Organization

Delivered through Sophos Fusion, Sophos CISO Advantage uses agentic AI with human judgement to give every organization, with or without a CISO, a security program it can measure, fund, and prove.

How to Actually Get in Front of CISOs

Getting in front of CISOs and senior decision-makers is one thing. Getting them genuinely interested is another. Targeted executive dinners can offer better conversations than an expensive conference stand, but only when organisers are realistic about what vendors are actually paying for. Why CISOs Really Attend VIP Dinners Hint- It's Not For You.