29 October 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
This article on CSOonline made me think (“The 7 biggest issues CISOs and security teams face today”, Mary K Pratt, 12 October 2026) In my view, the biggest challenges facing CISOs and security teams today are not necessarily the ones dominating cyberse… Read more »
15 October 2026 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
Why organisations need a business leader—not another technical executive—to connect security with strategy. We have spent years telling Chief Information Security Officers that they need to become better aligned with the business. They need to u… Read more »
8 October 2026 / Cyber Security Community / Corix Partners
Corix Partners is active at a number of levels in the wider cyber security community in the UK and abroad. This is a summary of the activities which we have undertaken during Q3 2026. Privacy Under Pressure: Vulnerabilities, Cryptography, and In… Read more »
17 September 2026 / Leadership Development / JC Gaillard
I am often asked: “What is the biggest challenge facing CISOs today?” Most people asking the question expect a technical answer: Shadow AI, non-human identities, the agentic transformation of the enterprise… Indeed, it is tempting to assume that the bi… Read more »
3 September 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge. Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a consta… Read more »
13 August 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
For years, the cybersecurity industry has been telling CISOs that they need to communicate better. They need to speak the language of business. They need to simplify their message for the board. They need to translate technical risk into financial impa… Read more »
30 July 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
Why Cybersecurity Needs to Move Beyond the Compliance Mindset For decades, certification has played an important role in cybersecurity. Whether driven by customer expectations, regulatory requirements, industry standards or procurement processes… Read more »
9 July 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
For over two decades, organizations have invested heavily in cybersecurity—billions upon billions globally—yet the same structural weaknesses persist and breaches keep happening. This raises a fundamental question: What if cybersecurity was never prima… Read more »
25 June 2026 / Cyber Security Community / Corix Partners
Corix Partners is active at a number of levels in the wider cyber security community in the UK and abroad. This is a summary of the activities which we have undertaken during Q2 2026. Top 50 Global Cybersecurity Thought Leaders Experts JC Gailla… Read more »
11 June 2026 / Strategy and Governance / JC Gaillard
An early-action checklist for GRC practitioners I started writing on the challenges surrounding post-quantum cryptography in large firms during the course of 2025, and as the matter appears to be gathering momentum, at least in the cybersecurity… Read more »