Optiv

innovation is moving fast.
Readiness is not.

According to Gartner®, only 13% of leaders feel prepared to lead AI governance, and just over a quarter have fully aligned AI and data governance programs.

👀 That gap reaches beyond policy.

It can affect how you scale responsibly, manage and deliver the outcomes leadership expects.

💭 So, does your governance model keep pace with your AI roadmap?

Examine the risks to prepare for: https://direc.to/pQcH

Cloud adoption delivered what many organizations hoped it would:

✅ Speed
✅ Resilience
✅ Innovation

It also delivered greater complexity.

🤖 As environments and -driven workloads expand, security leaders are rethinking how they secure, govern and optimize operations at scale.

That's creating a new era of modern security shaped by three shifts you can't afford to ignore.

👉 See what's driving the evolution: https://direc.to/o37o

"We're still really early in this. People are still figuring out how to do this in a way that's going to make sense."

As pressure mounts to do more with less, security teams are turning to agentic to reduce repetitive work and extend SOC capacity.

In CyberSecMedia, Ben Spencer shares why practical adoption matters and where organizations are beginning to see real value.

Agentic AI in the SOC Is Creating a Security Divide Agentic AI is delivering sharper triage, faster investigations, and reduced analyst burnout at the organizations that have committed to production deployment. For everyone else, the gap is compounding, and the security implications are already visible.

🏭 One lesson from recent OT incidents is that internet-accessible assets can increase operational .

The incident gets the attention.
The exposure is the lesson.

Reducing exposure remains one of the most practical ways to reduce risk before it affects operations.

🙂‍↔️ The systems in the spotlight are not always the biggest concern.

🙂‍↕️ Sometimes they're the systems that were exposed unnecessarily.

See which OT basics matter most: https://direc.to/pQdQ

challenges often appear long before innovating with AI.

That's because they're not new.
They're unresolved.

📂 In many environments, it's difficult to answer questions about sensitive data — where it lives, who owns it, how long it should be retained. Without visibility, accountability and governance become hard to maintain and scale.

Then AI enters the picture.

🔓 The same governance gaps now affect more data, users and workflows. AI accelerates by increasing access and exposure.

See what leaders are doing differently: https://direc.to/ozei

Threat actors aren't standing still, and defenders can't afford to either.

"Seeing investigations like this one highlights how critical it is for defenders to work better together."

In ReversingLabs, Lina Dabit shares why collaboration across law enforcement and the private sector remains critical to disrupting threats.

Shai-Hulud worm arrests: Why this is not the end | RL Blog The TeamPCP actors, alleged to be behind one of the most active supply chain threats, were arrested — but this is not the end of Shai-Hulud.

🧩 Understanding exposure, validating recovery procedures and testing contingencies matter.

Without that visibility, small gaps have a way of becoming bigger problems.

Recovery gaps go unnoticed.
Critical assets remain exposed.
Operational risk grows.

Strong security programs focus on understanding where OT exists before disruption occurs.

👉 Prioritize these security controls: https://direc.to/pQdQ

Knowing the right decision is one thing.
Helping others make it is another.

💡 Following Columbus, 14 security professionals spent two days working through the conversations security leaders face every day:

✅ Securing buy-in
✅ Aligning stakeholders
✅ Connecting security and business priorities to reduce

Thank you to Saviynt, the Northeastern Ohio CyberConsortium (NEOCC) and Jason Weiss Consulting for making this workshop possible.

is now a boardroom concern, not just a security issue.

In a recent ranking by The AI Journal, Optiv was recognized among the Best Virtual Companies for 2026. Explore why organizations are turning to virtual CISOs to manage cyber risk and drive accountability.

Best 6 Virtual CISO Companies for 2026 | The AI Journal That is why the best virtual CISO companies for 2026 are gaining attention at the senior level. They help organizations introduce executive discipline into