AI has in interesting side-effect for the role of the CISO, says Zscaler CISO Sam Curry when we sit down with him during RSAC 2025 Conference in San Francisco earlier this month. Their input becomes more important. That’s good news for CISOs. Or is it?
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Security leaders haven long been judged and consulted along the technical axis. The (rapid) rise of AI means that dynamic had to change, Curry says. It had and still has an effect on cybersecurity in general that we haven’t seen before, according to him. CISOs contribute to strategic discussions more and more. In fact, they’re among the first to be consulted now.
Besides discussing the role of the CISO in 2025 and beyond, we draw parallels between challenges and pitfalls that beset organizations during the cloud boom, and discuss the implications of them in the AI era.
There are still so many things to look at from a security perspective when it comes to AI. That became clear again from Zscaler’s survey, which showed that AI was simultaneously 2024’s most adopted technology (growing over 600%) and most blocked technology. This paradox highlights the complex risk-reward calculations security leaders must navigate.
The last big topic we discuss is more forward-looking. What are the implications of the quantum era on how organizations need to look at cybersecurity? Post-quantum cryptography should be on organizations’ radar. Is that the case though? What can organizations do now to prepare for this? And do they even have the resources to tackle this, while still tackling the current big wave of challenges?
Listen to this new episode of Techzine Talks and let us know what you think.
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Previous episodes of Techzine Talks on Tour:
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- Cyber resilience needs to move beyond ‘not if, but when’
- Cisco wants to use AI to defend AI at machine scale
- Humans aren’t the weakest link, they’re a critical security layer
- Three decades of Check Point (and cybersecurity): a conversation with Gil Shwed
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