At this year's Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Sydney, Rapid7 CISO Brian Castagna joined industry CISO Nigel Hedges for a fireside chat on the decisions security leaders are actually making right now. They discussed the real decisions being made right now about budgets, burnout, AI, and perspective on consolidation.
The conversation reinforced what we see across many organizations: ...
The narrative presented at the Gartner Summit reflects a maturing security industry that is moving beyond fear-based justifications for spending. The shift toward resilience and business-aligned risk communication is a pragmatic response to board fatigue with breach-centric pitches. This evolution suggests that security leaders are recognizing the need to speak the language of business impact rather than technical threats. The discussion on platform consolidation reveals a nuanced understanding ...