Category Archives: C-Suite

Cybersecurity dominates concerns among the C-suite, small businesses and the nation

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Once relegated to the fringes of business operations, cybersecurity has evolved into a front-and-center concern for organizations worldwide. What was once considered a technical issue managed by IT departments has become a boardroom topic of utmost importance. With the rise of sophisticated cyberattacks, the growing use of generative AI by threat actors and massive data […]

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Engaging Executives: How to Present Cybersecurity in a Way That Resonates

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Getting buy-in can be difficult. Safe-U founder and CEO Jorge Litvin explains how to create a common language between the CISO and the rest of the C-suite. Continue reading Engaging Executives: How to Present Cybersecurity in a Way That Resonates→

CISA chief AI officer follow-up: Current state of the role (and where it’s heading)

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At the beginning of August, CISA announced that it had appointed Lisa Einstein, Senior Advisor of its artificial intelligence division, as its new chief AI officer. This announcement came following several new initiatives in the last couple of years focused on gaining a clearer understanding of the potential security impacts of AI. With the National […]

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 It all adds up: Pretexting in executive compromise

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Executives hold the keys to the corporate kingdom. If attackers can gain the trust of executives using layered social engineering techniques, they may be able to access sensitive corporate information such as intellectual property, financial data or administrative control logins and passwords. While phishing remains the primary pathway to executive compromise, increasing C-suite awareness of […]

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C-suite weighs in on generative AI and security

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Generative AI (GenAI) is poised to deliver significant benefits to enterprises and their ability to readily respond to and effectively defend against cyber threats. But AI that is not itself secured may introduce a whole new set of threats to businesses. Today IBM’s Institute for Business Value published “The CEO’s guide to generative AI: Cybersecurity,” […]

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Why CISOs Shouldn’t Report to CIOs in the C-Suite

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Cybersecurity plays a critical role in enterprises today. It has evolved from playing a fringe role to one that impacts every person in every business developed over the past 15 years. This shift will continue as we see not only more frequent attacks but also more devastating effects from cyber breaches. A critical change in […]

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The CISO and the C-Suite: How to Achieve Better Working Relations

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As the workforce moved from the cubicle desk to the dining room table in 2020, cybersecurity suddenly became everyone’s concern. Focus turned to the chief information security officer (CISO). It’s their job to keep businesses running and secure. In many companies, that also meant juggling a move to a full digital transformation with effective remote […]

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How to Talk to Leadership About a Zero Trust Model That’s Right For You

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This is the second blog in a series about zero trust. Lack of requisite budget can be a major roadblock when it comes to adding a zero trust model. Why is this so much of a problem? And, how can a SOC team make the C-suite see how zero trust helps the business? In the […]

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CISO Success: It’s About More Than Tech Skills

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The chief information security officer (CISO) is a relatively new position in the C-suite. It’s about 25 years old or less, depending on whom you ask. But, it is only within the last 10 or so years that the role has taken on greater prominence, likely because of the increase in cyber breaches over the […]

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CEOs Will Be Personally Liable for Cyber-Physical Security Incidents by 2024

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Digital attack attempts in industrial environments are on the rise. In February 2020, IBM X-Force reported that it had observed a 2,000% increase in the attempts by threat actors to target Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT… Continue reading CEOs Will Be Personally Liable for Cyber-Physical Security Incidents by 2024→