Hug Your CISO 

CISO can be the loneliest job in any organization, and this week we reported that increasing stress and a glass ceiling at most employers have CISOs eyeing the exit. In fact, 24% of CISOs in the US and the UK is actively looking to leave their jobs. 
 

Perhaps not surprisingly this causes our CISO readers to ask why their colleagues might be looking to leave the role. Smart Answers says that stress, or the demands of their job, are impacting their decision to leave. Burnout, frustration, and personal liability are leading to rising CISO job dissatisfaction. So look after your CISO so they can look after you. 
 

Find out: Why are CISOs looking to leave their jobs? 
 

Operational and Critical 

This week on CSO we reported that operational technology security is becoming a mainstream concern. We said that operational technology threats aren’t just for industrial CISOs anymore, as enterprises from nearly every vertical increasingly connect OT devices to their IT networks. 
 

This caused our CISO readers to probe for more advice, asking Smart Answers how OT integration with IT can bring risk to infrastructure. Fueled with decades of trusted editorial content Smart Answers has that advice, helping our readers tackle the increased vulnerability caused by opening up a physical environment to cyber. 
 

Find out: How does OT and IT integration affect critical infrastructure security? 
 

Agents of Chaos? 

We asked the question: is now the right time to invest in implementing agentic AI? And we reported that while vendors say their current agentic AI-based offerings are easy to implement, analysts say that’s far from the truth. 
 

This causes our readers to ask Smart Answers (itself powered by generative AI), how trust in agentic AI can be built. Smart Answers calls for transparent decision-making and activity trails so that humans can see and understand what agents are doing. 
 

Find out: What measures are needed to build trust in agentic AI?