What security leaders said, week 42

October 12, 2026 to October 18, 2026 · 16 entries from 12 leaders

Themes in our own words, drawn up on October 19, 2026 after the week ended from our labels and titles only, never from the posts themselves. Every person here is someone our record names as the current holder of a top security seat; role and company come from our record.

Incidents and threats

1 entry on attacks, vulnerabilities and incident response.

October 16, 2026· LinkedIn post
Eric Freeman, Chief Information Security Officer at WRITER
On vulnerability data trends over time
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AI and agents

1 entry on AI tools, agents and their place in security programs.

October 14, 2026· LinkedIn post
Diana Kelley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Noma Security
On a preview pane feature in Claude
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Other subjects

9 entries on other subjects in security leadership.

October 16, 2026· LinkedIn post
Patti Degnan, Chief Information Security Officer at Glow
On AI startups and disruptors in the industry
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October 15, 2026· LinkedIn post
Eric Freeman, Chief Information Security Officer at WRITER
On gatekeeping in the security field
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October 14, 2026· LinkedIn post
Igor Zabara, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Northwestern Mutual
On the limits of dashboard metrics as indicators of true status
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October 13, 2026· X post · @_mwc
Michael Coates, Chief Information Security Officer at Solana Foundation
On internet-connected device cybersecurity underinvestment
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October 13, 2026· LinkedIn post
David Soto, Chief Information Security Officer at Trellix
On agentic AI in security operations centers and CISO leadership
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October 13, 2026· LinkedIn post
Aman Sirohi, Chief Information Security Officer at Cyberhaven
On AI security and agentic AI in data security
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October 12, 2026· LinkedIn post
Natalia Oropeza, Global Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens
On women in tech and fostering belonging in the workplace
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October 12, 2026· LinkedIn post
Diana Kelley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Noma Security
On a security leadership topic
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Also this week

6 entries added to the record after these themes were drawn up.

October 17, 2026· LinkedIn post
Eric Freeman, Chief Information Security Officer at WRITER
On a security leadership topic
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October 16, 2026· LinkedIn post
Les McCollum II, Chief Information Security Officer at Howard University
On cybersecurity awareness month
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October 16, 2026· X post · @secengjeff
Jeff Lyon, Chief Information Security Officer at Remitly
On third-party app integrations with a productivity tool
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October 15, 2026· LinkedIn post
Sean Malone, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at BeyondTrust
On a security leadership topic
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October 14, 2026· LinkedIn post
Diana Kelley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Noma Security
On the distinction between AI agents and AI assistants
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October 14, 2026· LinkedIn post
Amit Spitzer, CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners
On a cybersecurity-themed whiskey event during Cyber Week
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