Introduction Building a strong information security posture is no longer optional. For tech executives tasked with protecting sensitive data, enabling growth, and maintaining stakeholder trust, ISO 27001 has emerged as the global gold standard. This internationally...

No organization is resilient without a healthy team. Cybersecurity maturity and resiliency must encompass workforce health. Leaders must treat burnout with the same seriousness as any other operational risk. ​​

In this byline, Sam Salehi, Managing Director ANZ at Qualys, shares his 2026 predictions for the cybersecurity industry, outlining the shifts that will define the CISO agenda as security teams grapple with an excess of signals, expanding AI-driven risk and rising board expectations. Sam argues that success in the year ahead will hinge on CISOs moving beyond fragmented visibility and reactive defence, toward unified, business-aligned action that replaces noise with clarity and turns security insight into measurable risk reduction.

For governments and critical infrastructure operators, secure communications are essential to national governance, operational continuity, and crisis response. Secure communication is the process of safeguarding communication channels and taking full control over...