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Last week, we were on site covering Gartner's Security & Risk Management Summit. This week, we're still unpacking some of those conversations while jumping back into the reality of breaches, authentication battles, and the day-to-day challenges security leaders are facing.

We're past the experimentation phase.

AI, identity, governance, and security programs are moving into a maturity phase where the conversation is less about what's possible and more about what's sustainable.

Whether the topic was AI governance, workforce readiness, identity, or resilience, many of the conversations ultimately pointed to the same question: how do organizations turn emerging capabilities into repeatable business outcomes?

That's where this week's featured story begins.

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EXTRA BYTES
RESOURCE HUB

Claude is not just a chatbot anymore. Is your security team ready?

Claude.ai is one thing. Agentic workflows, MCP connections, ungoverned skills taking actions across your data? That's a different conversation — and most security teams aren't equipped for it.

Harmonic Security gives your CISO the visibility and controls to say yes confidently.

RECENT CISO MOVES
  • Paras Malhotra has been named Chief Information Security Officer at Starburst, where he will lead information security, governance, risk and compliance, and product security across the company’s SaaS and on-premises offerings.

  • Manju Mudé has taken on the role of Chief Information Security Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, bringing more than 25 years of cybersecurity leadership experience across the public and private sectors.

  • Paul Black has joined Tanium as Chief Information Security Officer, taking responsibility for the company’s global security program as it expands the use of AI across its operations and advances its customer-zero strategy.

CIO FIELD NOTES

Chewy reported strong first-quarter results, with revenue reaching $3.36 billion and active customers growing to 21.5 million, while continued gains in Autoship helped drive record profitability. More from the earnings call…

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CYBER REWIND

“Regulatory compliance is a moving target, but organizations with strong governance foundations can adapt more easily than those trying to retrofit compliance into poorly designed systems.”

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