Cybersecurity Tools & Guides
Each downloadable piece featured below is a fully-detailed, actionable resource that's part of a larger collection of cybersecurity content available to our clients in the IANS Insights Portal.
Your Vendors and AI: Time to Reduce Your Risk
This webinar replay equips CISOs with a practical framework for evaluating whether security vendors' use of AI introduces unacceptable risk to the enterprise.
2025 Cybersecurity Staff Compensation Summary Report
The Financial Services CISO: Rising Stakes, Shifting Paths
This article examines how financial services CISOs are navigating expanded responsibilities, evolving reporting structures, and increasing career mobility amid heightened regulatory and threat pressures.
Build an AI-Enabled Product Security Program
As organizations look for opportunities to increase efficiencies by using AI within their security efforts, there are many potential benefits to building out an AI-driven product security program.
Wi-Fi Security Best Practices for 2026–2027
This report summarizes best practices for securing wireless networks and highlights key considerations for WPA3, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 deployments.
How CISOs Get Executive Buy-in for Cybersecurity Investments
Learn how CISOs earn executive buy-in by positioning security as a business priority, finding efficiencies before asking for resources, and honestly assessing your CISO strengths.
AirSnitch: A Reality Check
This report details the researchers' findings, debunks many of them and offers best practices to ensure your Wi-Fi is secure.
Understand the Different CISO Roles and Skill Sets
CISOs naturally bring different skill sets and strengths to their roles, and organizations must hire according to business needs. This report provides a holistic view of common CISO skill sets as well as the benefits and disadvantages based on organizational goals and requirements.
2026 State of the CISO: A Role Divided
In this webinar replay, IANS Faculty Steve Martano and Senior Director of CISO Research Nick Kakolowski provide a deep dive into the 2026 State of the CISO data to discuss how the CISO role is evolving.
