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Learn how CISOs are using AI to automate SecOps, improve team performance, and keep pace with AI-enabled threat actors in 2026.

New data shows boards rate CISO updates as strong on today’s cyber risk but weak on emerging threats and AI risk. Here’s what the numbers reveal.

Nearly 70% of CISOs are open to a career move in 2026. Explore what’s driving CISO mobility, which industries are most coveted, and how security leaders can strategically position themselves for their next role. 

Security teams often produce large volumes of metrics, charts and dashboards that reflect operational activity but fail to convey actual risk. In this symposium, we walk through how to shift from activity‑based reporting to risk‑driven measurement that better represents reality and supports informed decision making. By better understanding your audience in context with your role and operational structure, we provide the tools and approach to help you design KPIs and KRIs that can be translated to overall metrics that are actionable, risk informative and measurable over time.

The current Iran conflict may trigger retaliatory cyberattacks, particularly against organizations operating in the GCC region or Israel—this checklist outlines immediate steps IANS recommends taking.

Learn how security teams can use AI and large language models to translate jargon-heavy metrics into clear, board-ready insights that drive better decisions.

As AI projects and usage – whether building, buying or managing embedded capabilities within current tooling – proliferate across the enterprise, security leaders and their teams are playing a pivotal role in the governance of these emerging technologies. During this highly interactive session, IANS Faculty Summer Fowler draws on her experience to facilitate peer exchanges that equip attendees with practical, in-room takeaways to strengthen their AI governance programs.