CISO
Deloitte: 49% of Organizations have a CISO
“These days it’s getting down to hours,” a chief information security officer (CISO) at a major American biopharmaceutical company told Deloitte’s 2026 Global Technology Leadership Study, describing the time left once a flaw surfaces. Deloitte, the global professional-services and audit firm, polled 662 senior technology leaders about artificial intelligence (AI) for its 2026 Global Technology […]
CISOs losing confidence in securing Public Data, Says Research
Cybersecurity leaders across state governments are becoming increasingly concerned about their ability to protect public data from sophisticated cyberattacks, according to new research. The findings indicate a significant decline in confidence among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), highlighting the growing challenges faced by government agencies as cyber threats continue to evolve. The research shows that […]
CISO Personal Liability Fears Nearly Double as AI Governance Mandates Expand
The CISO role has become one of the few executive positions where a bad day can end in a personal lawsuit, and CISO personal liability anxiety is now the defining pressure of the job. Three-quarters of the world’s security chiefs now say they worry about personal legal exposure for incidents on their watch, up from […]
Retool Survey: Only 8% of Tech Leaders Have Strong AI Governance
Senior technology and security leaders know they are losing the AI governance race, and the survey data shows exactly how. Retool’s 2026 AI Governance Report surveyed 307 CTOs, CIOs, and CISOs at companies from 50 to 1,000-plus employees. Just 8% describe their internal AI tool governance as strong. Meanwhile, 93% say they are at least […]
Fortinet OT Cybersecurity Report: 53% of Industrial Orgs Now Under CISO
OT security governance has been moving toward the C-suite for four years, but the pace accelerated sharply. Fortinet’s 2026 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report finds 53% of industrial organizations now place OT cybersecurity under the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or Chief Security Officer (CSO), up from 16% in 2022. A global survey […]
Three incident response metrics that actually predict program maturity
An incident response program can post strong MTTR numbers and still miss the attack that finally lands. The disconnect is structural: the standard incident response metrics (MTTR, MTTD, ticket throughput) measure process speed, not whether the program can actually catch the next intrusion. CISOs who treat the dashboard at face value end up surprised when […]
CISO Board Reporting: Gartner Says Drop the Dashboard, Use Financial Statements
CISO board reporting has reached a pivotal moment: nearly all security leaders now present directly to their boards, up from just 25% a decade ago, yet the communication gap between technical security realities and board-level priorities remains as wide as ever. At the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit 2026 in National Harbor, Maryland, analysts […]
Cybersecurity Skills Gap Is Now the Top CISO Concern, SANS 2026 Workforce Report Finds
Sixty percent of chief information security officers now cite the cybersecurity skills gap as their primary workforce concern, overtaking headcount shortfalls for the first time, according to the SANS/GIAC 2026 Cybersecurity Workforce Research Report, which surveyed 947 security leaders across industries globally. 60% of CISOs named “not having the right staff” as their top challenge; […]
KPMG 2026 cybersecurity report names non-human identities as critical CISO problem
KPMG’s 2026 cybersecurity report names non-human identities as one of eight load-bearing risks for the year, drawn from interviews with more than 20 KPMG cyber leaders and senior executives at Google, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, the AI-and-network-security vendor, and ServiceNow, the workflow automation platform. The argument the cybersecurity report lands hardest for CISOs: AI agents, […]
It is official that half of CISOs pay in ransomware attacks
A recent survey conducted by Absolute Security has revealed a concerning trend in the cybersecurity industry: nearly half of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are willing to pay hackers during ransomware attacks in order to restore operations quickly and minimize disruption. The findings highlight the growing pressure faced by cybersecurity leaders when organizations become victims […]
