The Biggest Cyber Threat to Your Business Is Sitting in the Boardroom

When boards fail to treat cybersecurity as a business risk, they leave the door open to collapse.   The Real Cyber Risk Isn’t Hackers; It’s the Boardroom.   Outdated thinking at board level is putting entire businesses at risk. This article explains why, and what needs to change now.   If you sit on a

The three cyber trends that will define 2026

We are staring down the barrel of 2026. If you think the last twelve months were chaotic, strap in.   The “business as usual” model for security is dead. We are moving into an era where the CISO is either a financial risk broker or irrelevant, where AI doesn’t just write emails but writes exploits,

“In Cyber security, basics matter!” even in 2025

What a year 2025 has been: Rich in both cyber events and innovations alike. On the latter, not a week has passed without a mention of innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI). I am excited about the innovative ways AI is going to be used to benefit our society; perhaps this is the 4th Industrial Revolution

Cybersecurity is failing not because CISOs are weak, but because the org chart is.

Everyone talks about cyber risks. It is a “hot topic” now.   Few talk about how we structurally disarm the very people meant to manage them.   Most CISOs don’t sit at the top table.   They report to CIOs, buried in IT hierarchies, forced to “align” with operational priorities that only support the status

How Leadership Neglect Destroys Cybersecurity

Leadership without ownership turns risk into disaster.   In boardrooms across industries, the same phrase echoes:   “Cybersecurity is important to us.” But when we follow the money, the decisions, and the accountability – the truth emerges: many leaders, from C-suite to CIO to CISO, are not truly supporting cybersecurity.   And this negligence is

The Hidden Risk Behind Hiring a “Technical” CISO

Why So Many Companies Misunderstand the Role of a CISO   A few months ago, I was contacted by a recruiter who said I was a great fit for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position.   It was one of those opportunities that instantly make you feel excited. The company had a great mission,

Turning Cybersecurity into a Business Driver: Maman Ibrahim’s Strategic Approach

Cybersecurity often lives in the shadows of corporate strategy, treated as a necessary expense rather than a business enabler. However, proper alignment between security initiatives and business goals remains elusive for many organizations. Maman Ibrahim, cyber and digital risk executive, principal at Eugene Zonda, and founder of Ginkgo Resilience LTD, brings over two decades of

Unseen, Unchecked, Unraveling: Inside the Risky Code of Self-Modifying AI

Imagine your AI system, designed to optimize trading strategies, quietly decides to rewrite part of its code. One morning, you notice transactions you have never made before: brilliant trades, oddly successful, yet entirely unplanned. You feel intrigued, then uneasy. This is precisely what stunned OpenAI researchers recently. Their AI unexpectedly altered its runtime, stretching far

Proven Strategies to Supercharge Your Cyber Risk Strategy

Cyber risk is no longer a sideshow. It’s the main event. Breaches keep escalating, regulators are tightening the screws and executive boards want answers, not alibis. Yet most organizations still treat risk like a quarterly chore, an abstract concept delegated to compliance, separated from day-to-day operations.   The result? A fog of war.   Security

Maman Ibrahim: Best Practices for IT Audits in Business Services

For many business services organizations, IT audits are treated like a chore, a compliance box to tick before moving on. Reports are filed, requirements are met, and any real opportunity for growth is often overlooked. Maman Ibrahim believes this mindset is a costly mistake. As a cyber and digital risk executive and principal partner at

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