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Why CISOs Are Rebuilding Security From The Ground Up

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

I've spent the past few months on the road talking with enterprise security leaders. A consistent theme has emerged: CISOs are re-architecting their security programs for a post-perimeter, cloud-first world. The shift is massive and it's happening fast.

Just last week, I had a conversation with a CISO from a large health insurance organization that brought this into sharp focus. The IT environment supports tens of thousands of users - members, providers, and employees - and they're going all-in on the cloud. That means the old playbooks are getting tossed. Their entire network detection stack is being sunset. The new security strategy is identity- and data-focused.

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