CIO Influence Interview with Kyle Wickert, Field CTO at AlgoSec
CIO Influence, Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Field CTO Kyle Wickert discusses evolving cybersecurity priorities, AI-driven IT transformation, and hybrid network security strategies.
In this interview, Kyle Wickert, Field CTO at AlgoSec, explores how cloud and traditional security teams are converging and creating new challenges for modern CTOs and CIOs. He explains how AI will transform IT operations by automating routine tasks and allowing humans to focus on high-risk decisions that matter.
Wickert emphasizes shifting from infrastructure-centric to application-centric security approaches and recommends addressing shadow cloud issues by reducing friction in approval processes.
He concludes with five key principles: prioritizing visibility, managing applications over infrastructure, using automation as a multiplier, breaking down silos between teams, and pursuing continuous improvement over perfection.