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New CISO appointments 2026

Companies including Mistral AI, Trellix, Marriott, and ANZ appointed new CISOs in July-September 2026 amid high security-leadership turnover.

CSO Online's rolling column tracks senior security appointments, noting many companies are hiring a CSO/CISO for the first time. Notable moves include Thomas Coudray leaving Ledger to become Mistral AI's CISO, David Soto joining Trellix from Amazon, and Daniel Dubowski becoming Marriott International's SVP and CISO. Other appointments span ANZ, Gigamon, Axonius, Tricentis, Remitly, Allied Universal, and the State of California.

CSO Online · 10d agoIndustry

AI made software development unrecognizable. Is cybersecurity next?

Opinion piece argues AI-driven shifts that transformed software development—agent-run SOCs, autonomous triage—will soon reshape cybersecurity operations and staffing.

A CSO Online analysis notes Google Cloud research found 90% of developers already use AI, while a March 2026 Federal Reserve paper found coder employment growth fell roughly 3% since ChatGPT's arrival. Gartner predicts 80% of organizations will run smaller, AI-augmented engineering teams by 2030. Security leaders from Contrast Security, Menlo Security and the Cloud Security Alliance expect agent-run SOCs, machine-speed containment and abundant vulnerability discovery, but caution that absorption capacity and autonomous production-environment validation remain bottlenecks.

CSO Online · 1d agoIndustry

Innovation in healthcare: A hacker's dream and CISO's nightmare?

Opinion piece argues AI could transform healthcare but warns the sector's surging cyber threats demand security-by-design and workforce awareness.

The commentary highlights AI's healthcare potential, citing Stanford's deep learning algorithm matching dermatologists at skin cancer detection and a UK review claiming full automation could save the NHS nearly £13bn annually. It notes healthcare experienced the largest year-over-year increase in cyber attacks, including targeting by state-sponsored groups such as Hidden Cobra. The piece urges organizations to build security in from the outset, hire cyber talent, address insider threats, and protect patient trust when rolling out AI.

Help Net Security · 21d agoIndustry

Why 2026 is the Year to Upgrade to an Agentic AI SOC

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the production inflection point for agentic AI in security operations centers.

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the practical inflection point for agentic AI SOCs, noting nearly two-thirds of organizations are experimenting with AI agents while fewer than one in four have production deployments. The piece outlines operational challenges and recommendations: treat agents as non-human identities with least-privilege tool access, version-control system prompts as code, deploy unified agents with on-demand task packages, and enforce per-agent budgets and rate limits. It stresses explainability via RAG and transparent reasoning traces so analysts can verify and override autonomous decisions.

Elastic Security Labs · 8d agoIndustry

Proofpoint Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with Appointment of Chief Legal Officer and Chief People Officer

Proofpoint appointed Brian Levey as Chief Legal Officer and Puja Jaspal as Chief People Officer, strengthening its executive leadership team.

Proofpoint announced on September 8, 2026 the appointments of Brian Levey as Chief Legal Officer and Puja Jaspal as Chief People Officer. Levey previously served as Chief Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer at Upwork and spent 13 years at eBay; Jaspal was Chief People Officer at Fastly with prior senior roles at Cisco, Visa, and Google. The hires support Proofpoint's stated expansion around human and AI-agent security.

Proofpoint Threat Insight · 9d agoIndustry

Stop playing with the CISO role. Fix cybersecurity leadership

Op-ed argues the CISO role is overloaded and advocates elevating a business-first Chief Security Officer above it.

The author contends that business-alignment failures in cybersecurity are structural rather than communication problems, with CISOs expected to act simultaneously as technologists, strategists, risk executives, and board advisers. The piece proposes a distinct Chief Security Officer role focused on enterprise protection, business continuity, and cross-functional decision authority, with the CISO retaining technical cybersecurity responsibility and potentially reporting to the CSO. It argues this model would give executive ownership of business protection while preserving technical depth.

CSO Online · 14d agoIndustry

Riverbed NPM 360 uses AI to predict and prevent network disruptions

Riverbed launched Network 360 observability offerings embedding agentic AI (Riverbed IQ and Q) into AppResponse and NetProfiler for predictive network troubleshooting.

Riverbed announced its Network 360 intelligent network observability solutions, natively integrating the agentic AI layers Riverbed IQ and Riverbed Q into AppResponse and NetProfiler, with NPM+ extending visibility across remote users, Zero Trust, and public cloud. Riverbed IQ applies causal, predictive, generative, and agentic AI to correlate network evidence, identify root causes, and recommend actions, while Q provides a natural-language conversational assistant for investigations. The launch aims to shift NetOps teams from manual, reactive troubleshooting to AI-guided workflows that predict and prevent disruptions before user impact.

Help Net Security · 5h agoIndustry

Cyberthreats are moving faster than SMBs: Readiness must accelerate

ESET's SMB Cyber Readiness Index 2026 finds 73% of SMBs adopting AI while 40% lack AI policy, and reports 3,000+ malicious AI agent skills.

ESET argues AI is accelerating cyberthreats while expanding the attack surface: its SMB Cyber Readiness Index 2026 found 73% of SMBs integrating AI and 40% of businesses lacking a proper AI policy. ESET analyzed 900,000 AI agent skills across popular repositories between March and May 2026, finding over 25,000 suspicious and more than 3,000 malicious skills that exfiltrate data, execute malware, or abuse prompt injection. The piece also cites AI-assisted reconnaissance, exploit development, and social engineering, plus PromptSpy, an Android spyware abusing Google Gemini at runtime for persistence.

ESET WeLiveSecurity · 1d agoIndustry

“We Think the Security Control Is Working” Is No Longer Good Enough

Opinion piece argues CISOs must replace point-in-time, sampling-based audits with continuous control monitoring to prove controls work in real time.

The article contends that annual, sampling-based compliance assessments no longer satisfy boards, customers, and regulators who demand live proof that security controls are working. It cites a 2025 Dell study where 69 percent of IT professionals said leadership overestimates cyber readiness, and notes NIST's 2024 CSF update added a Govern function emphasizing continuous, measurable outcomes. The author advocates continuous control monitoring of identity, cloud configuration drift, vulnerability remediation clocks, and vendor posture, feeding automated evidence into existing GRC systems.

SecurityWeek · 1d agoIndustry

Dataminr uses agentic AI to predict and verify security threats

Dataminr launches agentic AI capabilities for corporate security, adding automated event corroboration, context, and near-term threat prediction.

Dataminr Advanced for Corporate Security introduces Agentic Corroboration, Agentic Context, and Near-Term Predictive Intelligence, now generally available, moving the company from real-time alerting to what it calls Autonomous Real-Time Intelligence. The product relies on more than 60 fine-tuned task-specific LLMs trained on a 10+ year proprietary event archive rather than general-purpose frontier models. Upcoming releases include ReGenAI Tailored Live Briefs, a Watchlist Agent, Agentic Search, and an Advanced API suite.

Help Net Security · 2d agoIndustry

Wiz achieves GovRAMP High Authorization

Wiz for Gov achieved GovRAMP High authorization, validating NIST SP 800-53r5 controls for state, local government, and higher-education cloud security procurement.

Wiz announced that Wiz for U.S. Government has officially achieved GovRAMP High authorization, validating it against NIST SP 800-53r5 security controls required for highly sensitive state data and critical infrastructure. The 'verify once, serve many' designation is aimed at state, local government, and higher education procurement. Wiz positions its CNAPP as providing code-to-runtime visibility, risk prioritization, compliance automation, and AI pipeline security. Existing Wiz for Gov customers automatically inherit the high-baseline controls without migration.

Wiz Blog · 7d agoIndustry1

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 18, 2026

Help Net Security lists current cybersecurity job openings at ADI Global Distribution, Schneider Electric, L'Oreal, GovCIO, Elastic, and others across multiple countries.

A recurring job roundup featuring roles such as CISO at ADI Global Distribution, Cybersecurity Analyst at Schneider Electric in India, Cybersecurity Architect at L'Oreal in France, and security engineering positions at GovCIO, Neros Technologies, Elastic, and Chamelio. Most listed positions are no longer accepting applications; several emphasize AI-enabled security environments and identity threat detection and response. No vulnerability, incident, or research content is included.

Help Net Security · 7d agoIndustry 2 sources

SpyCloud 2026 Identity Threat Report Finds Non-Human Identities Are Now the Leading Path into the Enterprise

SpyCloud's 2026 survey of 750 security leaders finds compromised non-human identities are the top enterprise entry point, yet only 36% monitor them.

SpyCloud's Identity Threat Report, based on a survey of 750 cybersecurity leaders at organizations with 500+ employees, found compromised non-human identities (31%) were nearly twice as likely as phishing (17%) to be the primary attacker entry point. 68% of organizations reported identity-based events averaging eight each, while 95% believe they have visibility into AI and NHI exposures but only 36% actually monitor them. The report also found 91% use AI tools with internal access but only 56% have formal governance, and introduces an Identity Threat Protection Maturity Model.

CSO Online · 7d agoIndustry

Proofpoint 2026 Voice of the CISO Report Finds Cyber Resilience Improving, While AI Expands the CISO Mandate

Proofpoint's 2026 survey of 1,600 CISOs finds improving cyber resilience, rising human risk, and expanding AI responsibilities without added resources.

Proofpoint released its 2026 Voice of the CISO report, a Censuswide-conducted survey of 1,600 CISOs across 16 countries fielded in May 2026. Expected material cyberattacks fell from 76% to 61% year over year and material data loss declined from 66% to 53%, but 79% of CISOs now identify human risk as their biggest vulnerability and GenAI security concerns jumped 18 points to 78%. The report also finds 79% of CISOs expect to manage AI-related risks without proportional resources, and 85% say boards are evaluating cyber risk through a commercial lens.

Proofpoint Threat Insight · 8d agoIndustry

Cortex XSIAM Archives

Palo Alto Networks positions Cortex XSIAM as a purpose-built platform to simplify security operations and speed incident remediation.

The Unit 42 blog page is a product category archive for Cortex XSIAM. The platform is marketed as purpose-built for SecOps transformation, simplifying security operations and accelerating incident remediation against current and future threats. No research findings, incidents, or vulnerabilities are discussed.

Palo Alto Unit 42 · 8d agoIndustry 6 sources

Switching Password Managers in 2026

An Apple password-management engineer (writing personally) explains switching password managers via iOS direct app-to-app export, crediting FIDO Credential Exchange for passkey portability.

Ricky Mondello, an Apple engineer in password management and authentication (writing personally, not for Apple), demonstrates moving 100 items from 1Password to Apple Passwords via the iOS system export, which transfers passwords, passkeys, verification codes, and notes directly between apps with Face ID confirmation and no intermediate files. He credits the FIDO Alliance's Credential Exchange format (first draft May 2024, now an open spec) and iOS 26/macOS 26 for enabling phishing-resistant credential transfer between apps like 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, DuckDuckGo, and Devolutions. The post is advice rather than news, recommending bulk transfer on the existing device, switching AutoFill to the new app, and treating the new manager as the source of truth.

Lobsters · security · 8d agoIndustry1

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: March 10, 2026

Help Net Security's roundup lists open cybersecurity roles at BioNTech, AIG, ServiceNow and others across Europe, the Middle East and Canada.

A job-board roundup of cybersecurity openings including Associate Director Application Security at BioNTech (Germany), CISO at AIG (Israel), Cloud Security Professional at ServiceNow (Italy), and SOC/GRC, analyst, engineer and data governance roles in the UK, UAE, India, Canada and France. Roles span application security, cloud security, SOC operations, compliance and OT environments. Most listings are marked no longer accepting applications.

Help Net Security · 20d agoIndustry

Deep Packet Inspection challenges for telecom and security vendors

Enea's DPI survey of telecom and security vendors finds traffic visibility is increasingly critical yet harder as 5G, cloud, IoT, and TLS 1.3 spread.

Enea's survey of high-tech product managers at telecom and security vendors found that real-time application-level traffic visibility is considered essential as cloud adoption, 5G, remote work, and IoT dissolve traditional network perimeters. Abnormal traffic detection was the top DPI use case, 70% of respondents require classification of connected devices in enterprise and IoT/industrial networks, and TLS 1.3 (mandatory in 5G) threatens payload-based visibility. Most vendors report having or developing cloud solutions, with half planning SASE offerings integrating security and networking.

Help Net Security · 21d agoIndustry

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 10, 2026

Help Net Security's roundup lists open cybersecurity roles at KPMG, Pentera, Google, Group-IB and others across multiple countries.

A job-board roundup featuring Cloud Security Engineer at KPMG (Israel), Cloud Security Researcher at Pentera (Israel), Cyber Defence Senior Analyst at Google (UK), and Cyber Investigation Specialist at Group-IB (UAE). Additional listings cover SOC operations, penetration testing, network architecture, OT/IT convergence and AI/ML security testing across Australia, Italy, the US, India, France, Ireland and the UAE. All listings are marked no longer accepting applications.

Help Net Security · 22d agoIndustry

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: June 30, 2026

Help Net Security lists cybersecurity job openings across the US, UAE, France, Israel, Japan, Ireland, India, and Canada at major employers.

The roundup includes roles such as AI Offensive Security Engineer at AGAPI, Cloud Security Engineer at Spotify, IAM Engineer at Proton, DFIR in Israel, and a Senior Inspector overseeing NIS2 and AI regulation compliance in Ireland. Most listings were marked as no longer accepting applications, with a few still open including DFIR at Cye, IAM Engineer at Proton, and Detection Engineering at Saronic. The list covers employers across finance, infrastructure, and technology sectors.

Help Net Security · 28d agoIndustry1

Rapid7 and Licencias OnLine Partner to Accelerate Cybersecurity Maturity across Latin America

Rapid7 announced a strategic distribution partnership with Licencias OnLine to expand its security solutions across Latin America.

Rapid7 announced a strategic distribution partnership with Licencias OnLine to accelerate cybersecurity maturity across Latin America. The partnership targets challenges from cloud and AI adoption in the region, including expanding attack surfaces and blind spots such as Shadow IT and Shadow AI. Cássio De Alcântara, Director of LATAM Sales at Rapid7, framed the deal as a way to help security leaders understand risk across distributed environments without adding operational complexity. No financial terms or specific product bundles were disclosed.

Rapid7 Blog · 28d agoIndustry

Announcing the 2026 Wiz Partner Alliance Award Winners

Wiz announces its 2026 Partner Alliance Award winners honoring partners in cloud security, AI risk management, and SOC modernization across three regions.

Wiz recognized partners, integrators, and visionaries with 2026 Partner Alliance Awards spanning the AMER, EMEA, and ANZ regions. The awards highlight work in cloud security transformation, AI risk management, and SOC modernization. The announcement is partner marketing with no direct security impact.

Wiz Blog · 29d agoIndustry