Lies, Damned Lies, And Cybersecurity Metrics
Dark Reading, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
A panel of five C-suite leaders discuss how cybersecurity success is measured and why it isn't improving results.
Despite years of increased spending, investments in more tooling, and more talent flooding into the industry, cybersecurity outcomes seem to be getting worse. During a panel discussion in San Francisco last month, a group of cybersecurity leaders said the problem runs deeper than attackers or technology. The panel, titled "Hard Truths in Cybersecurity: Fear, Liability, and the Industry's Biggest Lies," focused on what's broken in cybersecurity.
"Every year, we do more, and every year, the results get worse," said Andrew Rubin, CEO of Illumio. "The number of breaches, the size of the breaches, and the economic losses have gone up."