This week, it’s time for security money. The index is up, but the previous quarterly results were brutal.
In the leadership and communications segment, Get out of the audit committee: Why CISOs need dedicated board time, Quietly Burning Out? What To Do When Your Leadership Starts Lacking, How to rethink leadership to energize disengaged employees, and more!
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Matt Alderman
- Get out of the audit committee: Why CISOs need dedicated board time
CISOs increasingly need dedicated time with the board, but lack of board knowledge of cybersecurity and inability to translate security into business risk can hamper effective discussions.
- CISO Roles Expand Beyond Cybersecurity as Organizations Embrace Strategic Security Leadership
A comprehensive analysis of more than 800 CISOs across diverse industries reveals that most security executives are experiencing unprecedented expansion of their responsibilities, venturing into areas such as business risk management, broader security functions, IT oversight, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Preparing for AI: The CISO’s role in security, ethics and compliance
The Security Think Tank considers how CISOs can best plan to facilitate the secure running of AI and Gen AI-based initiatives and ensure employees do not inadvertently leak data or make bad decisions.
- What 18 Years in Toastmasters Taught Me About Leadership That No MBA Could
Toastmasters helps people with public speaking, but this hidden benefit is even more important for today’s business leaders.
- Quietly Burning Out? What To Do When Your Leadership Starts Lacking
Most leaders don’t realise they’re burnt out—because they’re still high-functioning. They’re answering emails, running meetings, and hitting deadlines. But under the surface, their energy, creativity, and confidence are quietly eroding.
- Retention, Restructuring and the Race for Tech Leadership Talent
As the tech sector heads deeper into 2025, the industry is still feeling the aftershocks of a market correction that started a few years ago in the wake of the post-COVID boom and inflated valuations. Investor caution remains high, budgets are tighter, and layoffs continue to make headlines.
While these headlines often focus on job losses, the bigger picture is more complex. Many companies are reducing headcount, but they are also making deliberate choices about who they hire, who they retain and how they structure leadership teams to deliver more with less.
- How to rethink leadership to energize disengaged employees
Employees who align with the company’s broader goals drive innovation in ways that no algorithm or technology can replicate. Fostering a culture that explicitly values and empowers staff leads to creativity and allows companies to tap into the true potential of their workforce. This approach invites employees on every level to emerge as leaders and innovators.
