AWS CISO : Need For Continuous Observability Is Now Critical
Security Boulevard, Monday, January 5th, 2026
The CISO for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is advising fellow cybersecurity leaders to observe, learn and innovate as quickly as possible in an era where IT environments are rapidly changing faster than ever.
AWS CISO Amy Herzog said that while threat prevention remains critical, it's clear that the tactics and techniques being employed by adversaries are rapidly evolving as AI is increasingly employed to continuously launch more sophisticated cyberattacks. Cybersecurity teams now need to be able to continuously observe IT environments in order to be able to respond faster than those adversaries can act, said Herzog.
In effect, cybersecurity teams now need much higher levels of visibility and automation to enable them to resolve issues at speeds that make it significantly less profitable for adversaries to launch a cyberattack in the first place, she added.