The Big Cheese. The Top Banana. The Head Honcho. Number 1. We previously discussed cybersecurity technician talent and cybersecurity manager talent, and now it's time for cybersecurity executive talent. The executive in charge of cybersecurity must have technical credibility. It may be more at the level of minimum competence at this point in the person's career as long as the executive can understand what the technical team is doing and communicate it effectively to peer leaders. We propose that talented cybersecurity executives will keep up at more than a minimum competence level simply because they like the subject matter. In contrast to cybersecurity managers, the cybersecurity executive has an enterprise-wide perspective that allows for understanding, advocating, and communicating the role of cybersecurity within the organization's risk management process. The executive is responsible for the 'profit and loss' (P&L) of the cybersecurity function, which requi...

The groundhog has emerged to find...6 MORE WEEKS OF HACKS AND CYBERATTACKS! Wait, only 6??!! The litany of the hacked is our listing for each known/reported hack in the previous month. The point of the litany is not shame but awareness-raising that, well, these sorts of things happen. And so, the litany of the hacked for January 2026, which now includes some big-time targets, entire cities, and nation-state actors. Amazing that the groundhog even tries to guesstimate! Caracas, VZ...Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)...Kensington and Chelsea Council, UK...Instagram...Google Play...Palo Alto Networks...Sedgwick Government Solutions...KPMG Netherlands...Crunchbase...Nike...Poland's power grid...Fortinet...McDonald’s India...Luxshare Precision...Ingram Micro...Spokane County, WA...Gmail (AGAIN!)...The College Board's online SAT... The list goes on. Here's an...exciting...bonus: according to James Azar over at the Cyber Hub podcast, malicious Chrome and Edge browser ...