A report from Venafi titled "CIO Study: Software Build Pipelines Attack Surface Expanding" examines cybersecurity executive response to software supply chain security.

Communicating the importance of security in the C-suite comes down to speaking their language. Dive into the ways security leaders can advocate for risk management in the boardroom and uncover fraud trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in this podcast episode.

John Mbuthia, cybersecurity and technology exec, has been named the first Chief Information Officer at Gore Mutual Insurance Company.

A report from Sapien Cyber, "The C-Suite's Guide to Cyber Risks," highlights changes that boardrooms can make to better prioritize cybersecurity.

"The Perfect Scorecard: Getting An 'A' in Cybersecurity From Your Board Of Directors" book offers best practices in closing the communications gap between security experts and the board members tasked with the organization's governance and oversight activities.

Only 7% of security leaders report to the CEO. Security leaders have assumed more accountability and risk, but struggle to achieve the desired security posture, because they are not seen as influential or valued members of their peer group, according to new research.

According to a survey of 500 IT professionals (conducted by cloud and data center solutions provider INAP), 57 percent feel they’re only contacted when something goes wrong, and 27 percent feel strongly that “senior management has clearly communicated a desire to see the IT team more aligned with the goals of individual business units.”

Twenty-three percent of Canadian cybersecurity teams never speak with their executive team about cybersecurity, but of those that did, 23 percent spoke just annually, and 24 percent spoke with the C-Suite semi-annually. Only 13 percent of IT Canadian security professionals spoke with executives quarterly, according to a new Ponemon Institute study with Websense, Inc.

The information security function fully meets needs in only 17 percent of organizations, according to EY’s 16^th annual Global Information Security Survey 2013, which tracks the level of awareness and action in response to cyber threats, canvassing the opinion of more than 1,900 senior executives globally.