Pen-testing doesn’t need to be stuck in an annual cycle. CIOs should start exploring continuous, AI-powered penetration testing as a fresh approach to keeping vulnerabilities in check. Treat it as a pilot opportunity to see where automation and intelligence can extend your team.
CISA has launched a free, open-source Eviction Strategies Tool that gives CIOs a practical way to speed up incident response. By auto-building tailored playbooks, it helps security teams contain and remove attackers with less guesswork and more structure.
CIOs should initiate a Policy-as-Code (PaC) rollout focused on high-impact security, cost, and compliance policies to automate governance without increasing headcount.
Meta has rolled out a suite of AI security and privacy tools, ranging from LlamaFirewall to CyberSec Eval 4 and Private Processing. These are not curiosities for academics; they are practical tools that can help your teams benchmark AI defenses, catch prompt injection, and harden sensitive workflows. Start piloting these security add-ons in test environments now to gauge their fit for your enterprise stack.
NIST has finalized Special Publication 800-232, standardizing the Ascon family of algorithms to secure resource-constrained devices such as sensors, RFID tags, and medical implants. CIOs should direct procurement teams to prioritize IoT products with Ascon support on their roadmaps, ensuring vetted security without draining batteries or budgets.
CISA’s new microsegmentation guidance makes one thing clear: don’t wait for the next breach to limit lateral movement. Start by classifying workloads and segmenting high-value assets into smaller trust zones. The move won’t eliminate threats, but it will reduce the blast radius when, not if, systems are compromised.
