A recap of the GCSI Annual Conference 2026 in Chicago, covering key themes from sessions on supply chain risk, board-level cybersecurity governance, and AI-driven offensive and defensive security. Key takeaways include: supply chain opacity is the core challenge for mid-market organizations; CISOs must translate risk into business language for boards; AI is enabling 'hyperattacks' with parallel agent-based exploitation; and non-human identities (service accounts, API keys, AI agents) are becoming the central operating layer of enterprise risk. The event's overarching message is that governance must become concrete and continuous, not just policy-level, as AI compresses the time between vulnerability and exploit.
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Securing Supply Chains When Visibility Breaks DownMaking Cybersecurity a Board-Level Business IssueWhen Attackers Move in Parallel, Defenders Need a FlywheelGovernance Has to Become ConcreteReadiness Lives in the Hidden LayerSort: