This week, we spent a few days walking the halls at Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit, sitting in sessions, catching up with technology leaders, and listening to the conversations happening between meetings.
Looking back on those conversations, what stood out most was how many leaders are wrestling with the same challenge from different angles…
How do you build a security strategy when the threats build faster than your roadmap, the budget is already committed, and the business expects speed?
We captured a few standout talks that we believe our TNCR audience will take tangible steps from, and there are more insights we're still unpacking. Keep an eye out for continued takeaways over the next few weeks, along with a few more surprises on our new email platform!
The Four Threats Security Leaders Should Be Prioritizing Right Now
Cybersecurity leaders have spent years defending against familiar threats, and while those risks remain significant, Gartner’s 2026–2027 ThreatScape suggests the balance of power is shifting toward a new class of threats fueled by AI, more complex software ecosystems, and expanding attacker capabilities.
As organizations race to adopt AI and agentic technologies, security teams are being forced to defend attack surfaces that are still poorly understood and constantly changing.
Presented at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, the report argues that security teams can no longer treat AI-related risks as future problems. Instead, Gartner says organizations should be focusing now on four areas where attackers currently have the upper hand: AI application compromise, deepfakes, software supply chain attacks, and prompt injection. Read more…
RESOURCE HUB
New field guide to AI adoption for IT and security teams
Nearly 90% of organizations are experimenting with AI. Most are still guessing at what works. In this new IT and Security Field Guide to AI Adoption, you’ll find an AI evaluation framework, human-in-the-loop best practices for successful implementation, and insights from teams at Vimeo, Canva, Jamf, and Udemy. Get the guide.
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CxOs ON THE MOVE
The City of Seattle has appointed a new technology leader to oversee enterprise technology governance, workforce management, vendor partnerships and the city’s technology strategy. More on the appointment…
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CYBER REWIND
“CISOs must treat every GenAI system as they would any privileged but fallible employee by setting clear rules and enforcing them at every point of risk.”
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