Cynthia Brumfield

Enterprise AI systems can be corrupted through data poisoned by accident, adversaries, or bad hygiene. Most organizations have no idea how large that attack surface is — or whether they're already exposed.

Your board doesn't care about your technical status updates; if you can't translate cyber threats into cold, hard business costs, your budget will vanish.

Why non-human identities are your biggest business continuity risk in 2026. Every enterprise security team is fighting a workforce problem they cannot see on any org chart.

New executive orders direct agencies to accelerate quantum-resistant encryption efforts and lay the groundwork for contractor compliance as the White House warns adversaries are already collecting encrypted data for future decryption.

Why compliance became storytelling and how FedRAMP 20x is dragging us back into reality.

When AI agents get compromised, new research shows the model usually isn't to blame — the code wrapped around it is. And most organizations aren't watching it closely enough.

The FBI's takedown of QTFY exposes how China's reliance on private cyber contractors gives state hackers scale and stealth. It also underscores why CISOs can no longer trust IP reputation alone.

The initiative will focus on protecting small water and electricity providers as well as local governments and banks.

Agent-run SOCs, machine-speed containment, and flatter security teams could transform how cyber defense is practiced as the AI era takes hold.

AI is lowering the barrier to sophisticated attacks and shrinking defenders' response time, forcing CISOs to treat geopolitical threats as an increasingly urgent enterprise risk.