Security pros often don’t understand why their business won’t accept certain types of solutions. Thus, they can’t articulate those problems to vendors. If both sides can't grasp why existing solutions aren’t organizationally viable, they stand no chance at building better solutions that are viable.
We picked the top three news events of 2025. It wasn't easy: and neither will be 2026.
This isn't marginal spending on a future-state concern—it's an immediate, substantial commitment that many CISOs now see as a priority.
Anthropic's disclosure lacked important elements, which explains the professional criticism that erupted despite the potmortem's potential significance. And while the post is marketing for Anthropic, it also provides strategic threat context for security executives.
2026 will bring CISOs and security professionals potential AI breaches, tight infrastructure regulation, a new European Union vulnerability database, quantum security growth, and merger and acquisition shifts.
Most, eventually all, CISOs will be forced to endure the loss of a cherished vendor and promising roadmap due to an acquisition.
It’s their necessity for such accessibility that makes secure configuration especially challenging—and when a zero-day vulnerability emerges, the damage can be swift.
Organizations are scrambling to fill specialized roles that blend AI expertise with traditional security knowledge, offering unprecedented opportunities for professionals willing to master this convergence.
