The CISO’s evolving role: Protecting and defending in the agentic era
As AI and agents reshape the enterprise, CISOs face two critical priorities: enabling innovation with the right identity and data guardrails, and modernizing defense to keep pace with AI-powered threats. Aarti Borkar shares how security leaders can approach both.
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