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Coach or Mentor: Guidance Paths for Cyber Leaders Today

🔑 Renee Guttmann and other senior cyber leaders explain when professionals need mentorship versus executive coaching. At a September ISSA LA meeting, Guttmann distinguished mentoring as a one-on-one transfer of real-world experience and coaching as focused work on skills like executive presence. Speakers pointed to formal programs, networking, and industry groups as primary sources for guidance. Together, mentors and coaches help bridge technical foundations and board-level business acumen.

2025 UK CSO 30 Awards Recognize Leadership & Innovation

🏆 The 2025 CSO 30 Awards celebrate cybersecurity leaders blending technology, culture and measurable impact. A panel of judges recognised achievements across categories such as AI and Digital Excellence, Rising Star, Diversity and Inclusion and CSO of the Year. Highlights include Greg Emmerson’s automation and canary tooling at Applegreen, Chris Bardell’s response advances at Royal Papworth Hospital, and Craig Hickmott’s human-first transformation at the British Heart Foundation. The programme emphasises workforce development, responsible AI and organisational resilience.

Google Cloud Next 2026: Registration Open in Las Vegas

🎟️ Registration is now live for Google Cloud Next, returning to Las Vegas April 22–24, 2026. Secure early bird pricing at $999 for a limited time and join a global community of builders, engineers, and business leaders for keynotes, deep-dive sessions, hands-on labs, demos, hackathons, and workshops. Expect practical AI-focused content and collaborative networking designed to deliver actionable insights and skills.

CSO Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Honorees and Nominations

🏆 Hall of Fame award nominations are officially open, with a deadline of December 3. The CSO Hall of Fame, now in its eighth year, recognizes seasoned security leaders (10+ years in CSO, CISO or comparable roles) for lifetime contributions that have shaped information risk management. Inductees will be honored at the CSO Conference + Awards May 11–13, 2026 in Nashville, TN, where attendees can network across topics from AI to zero trust.

What Keeps CISOs Awake - Zurich's Approach to Resilience

😴 At the Global Cyber Conference 2025 in Zurich, CISOs openly confronted a profession-wide exhaustion tied to escalating cyber risk. Tim Brown distilled the anxiety into five core threats: shrinking exploit windows, persistent adversaries, third-party risk, an AI arms race, and staff burnout. The Swiss Cyber Institute's vendor-free format created a trust-based forum where peers share IOCs, run joint table-tops and adopt risk-based patching and UEBA to speed response and restore resilience.

UK Launches World’s First Military Esports Tournament

🎮 The UK government has launched the International Defence Esports Games (IDEG), touted as the world’s first military esports tournament, involving personnel from 40 allied nations. The three-day event at the National Gaming and Esports Arena in Sunderland on 9–11 October 2026 will combine live-streamed competitive matches with summits on cybersecurity, AI and drone operations. Officials say IDEG will sharpen cyber and digital skills, improve rapid decision-making and build allied partnerships.

Rewiring Democracy: Sales, Reviews, and Upcoming Events

📘 It’s been a month since Rewiring Democracy was published and sales are reported to be good; six Amazon reviews to date means the authors are asking readers to post more. Several chapters (2, 12, 28, 34, 38, and 41) are available online. The authors have been doing numerous live and podcast events, including a noted session with Danielle Allen at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center. Two in-person appearances are planned in December (MIT Museum on 12/1; Munk School on 12/2), and a live AMA will be hosted on the RSA Conference website on 12/16.

Phil Venables on CISO 2.0 and Building CISO Factories

🔒 In this Cloud CISO Perspectives installment, Phil Venables explains how AI is reshaping the chief information security officer role and urges a shift from reactive “fire station” operations to a self-sustaining “flywheel.” He defines CISO 2.0 as business-first, technically empathetic, and focused on long-term strategic outcomes, and introduces CISO Factories—organizations that reliably develop great security leaders. Venables emphasizes clear strategy, stronger board engagement, and using procurement influence to drive safer supplier behavior.

More Prompt||GTFO — Online AI and Cybersecurity Events

🤖 Bruce Schneier highlights three new online events in his Prompt||GTFO series: sessions #4, #5, and #6. These recordings showcase practical and innovative uses of AI in cybersecurity, spanning demonstrations, research discussions, and operational insights. Schneier recommends them as well worth watching for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers interested in AI's applications and risks. The events are available online for convenient viewing.

AWS re:Invent 2025 — Security Sessions & Themes Overview

🔒 AWS re:Invent 2025 highlights an expanded Security and Identity track featuring more than 80 sessions across breakouts, workshops, chalk talks, and hands-on builders’ sessions. The program groups content into four practical themes — Securing and Leveraging AI, Architecting Security and Identity at scale, Building and scaling a Culture of Security, and Innovations in AWS Security — with real-world guidance and demos. Attendees can meet experts at the Security and AI Security kiosks in the expo hall and are encouraged to reserve limited-capacity hands-on sessions early to secure seats.

Bruce Schneier — Speaking Engagements, Nov 2025–Feb 2026

📅 Bruce Schneier lists his upcoming public and virtual speaking engagements through February 2026, including joint appearances with coauthor Nathan E. Sanders and solo presentations. Highlights include a talk on AI and Congress: Practical Steps to Govern and Prepare at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC (Nov 17, noon ET) and a campus presentation on Integrity and Trustworthy AI at North Hennepin Community College (Nov 21, 2:00 PM CT). Additional events are scheduled at the MIT Museum (Dec 1, 6:00 PM ET), a virtual City Lights event on Zoom (Dec 3, 6:00 PM PT), and a book signing at the Chicago Public Library (Feb 5, 2026). The schedule is maintained on his events page for updates and details.

CIO100 & CSO30 ASEAN Awards Celebrate Tech Leadership

🏆 The CIO100 and CSO30 ASEAN and Hong Kong Awards Gala on November 12, 2025 validated the region's maturing technology leadership, drawing winners and teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. With a record 243 nominations, the program highlighted artificial intelligence as the defining strategic imperative reshaping operations, innovation and security. Judges prioritized clear, measurable business impact, recognizing cybersecurity leaders and collaborative public–private initiatives. Headline sponsor was AWS.

Webinar: Reduce Attack Surface Exposure with DASR

🔒 Join a free webinar from The Hacker News and Bitdefender to learn how Dynamic Attack Surface Reduction (DASR) proactively closes exposures and reduces risk without adding operational burden. Experts will explain why traditional scans fall short, how automation and context reduce risks in real time, and how to safely test DASR in your environment. Register to save your seat.

Fortinet Advances Global Cyber Resilience at AMC25

🔒 Fortinet participated in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity (AMC25) in Dubai, engaging government, industry, and civil leaders to advance global cyber resilience. Fortinet executives Dr. Carl Windsor and Derek Manky led sessions on public‑private collaboration, frameworks for scaling disruption, and the role of the Cybercrime Atlas in enabling coordinated action. They highlighted recent coordinated operations and impact reported in the 2025 Cybercrime Atlas: Impact Report, emphasizing that aligning policy, governance, and technical intelligence is essential to protect supply chains, AI systems, and critical infrastructure.

CISO Role Expands: From Operator to Enterprise Risk Lead

🔒 The CISO role has evolved from a primarily technical post into a broad enterprise leadership responsibility. Foundry’s 2025 Security Priorities Study shows many security leaders now brief boards multiple times a month and oversee areas beyond cybersecurity, including risk, compliance, privacy, and AI oversight. This shift requires stronger strategic communication and executive influence in addition to operational expertise.

Google Cloud and NVIDIA Power AI Innovation Week in D.C.

🤝 At the end of October in Washington, D.C., Google Cloud and NVIDIA will lead a week of events highlighting advances in AI, high-performance computing, and secure mission deployments. NVIDIA GTC DC (Oct. 27–29) features keynotes, demos, and hands-on sessions showcasing next-generation models and infrastructure. The Google Public Sector Summit (Oct. 29) convenes government leaders to explore practical uses of technologies like Gemini for Government and discuss secure, scalable AI adoption for mission impact.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements — Fall 2025 and Beyond

📅 This is a current list of scheduled speaking engagements featuring Bruce Schneier and co-speaker Nathan E. Sanders, centered on the book Rewiring Democracy. Events include in-person appearances in Cambridge, Toronto, Strasbourg, and Chicago, as well as virtual talks hosted by Data & Society, Boston Public Library, and City Lights. Most events combine a book discussion with opportunities for audience Q&A and some include signings. Attendees should check the maintained events page for registration details and any updates.

CIO100 and CSO30 ASEAN 2025 Team Awards Finalists Announced

🏆 CIO and CSO ASEAN have named the finalists for the CIO100 ASEAN and CSO30 ASEAN 2025 Team Awards, recognising leading technology and cybersecurity teams across Southeast Asia. Selected by a panel of CIO and CSO executive editors, finalists span six categories including CIO Innovation, CIO Customer Value and CSO Public-Private Partnership. The in-person Gala Night will take place in Singapore on 12 November 2025 to celebrate winners and foster networking among industry leaders.

Securing Agentic AI: Microsoft Ignite Security Guide

🔒 Microsoft Ignite 2025 highlights security-focused sessions and hands-on labs tailored for practitioners and leaders. Join in San Francisco Nov 17–21 (or online Nov 18–20) for briefings, demos, and instructor-led labs covering Microsoft Security Copilot, Sentinel, Defender, Entra, and Purview. A Security Forum (Nov 17) and keynote segments led by senior security executives will explore designing, governing, and protecting agentic AI across the lifecycle.

it-sa 2025: Nearly 1,000 Security Vendors at Nuremberg

🔒 it-sa 2025 opened in Nuremberg on October 7, with organizers reporting 990 exhibitors — a 15% increase over last year — and an expected attendance record to be announced at the close. At the opening press conference, BSI President Claudia Plattner said the agency will implement the Cyber Resilience Act in Germany and exercise market surveillance powers. Industry leaders highlighted strong market growth, rising cybercrime losses, and calls to increase corporate security budgets while supporting European security startups.