News brief: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit recap

The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit took place this week in National Harbor, Md. Over three days, presenters covered perennial concerns and the industry's hottest topics, including security operations center optimization, AI, CISO strategy, AI, third-party risk management, AI, zero trust and a little more AI.

Monday's keynote kicked off the show with a discussion around "hyped technologies" -- ahem, AI -- and how CISOs face the unique challenge of protecting enterprise AI investments while simultaneously protecting organizations from AI risks.

"Cyberincidents associated with explorative technology are now hitting the bottom line, so executives are paying attention to cybersecurity," said Leigh McMullen, analyst at Gartner. "Becoming students of hype can really help CISOs further their own agendas under this scrutiny."

McMullen and fellow keynote speaker and Gartner analyst Katell Thielemann offered advice on how CISOs can do this: be mission-aligned, innovation-ready and change-agile.

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