CISO Point of View Guide - The 2026 Infrastructure Security Outlook

Infrastructure security is undergoing the most significant transformation in decades. Once viewed as the quiet, foundational layer beneath applications and endpoints, today it has moved to the center of how global enterprises operate, scale, and defend themselves.

This CISO Point of View Guide brings together insights from eight CISOs to highlight how enterprises are redefining infrastructure security — from balancing investments and solving visibility gaps to modernizing operating models, securing storage and backup systems, and preparing for emerging risks like AI-driven attacks and quantum disruption.

Infrastructure security is undergoing the most significant transformation in decades. Once viewed as the quiet, foundational layer beneath applications and endpoints, today it has moved to the center of how global enterprises operate, scale, and defend themselves.

This CISO Point of View Guide brings together insights from eight CISOs to highlight how enterprises are redefining infrastructure security — from balancing investments and solving visibility gaps to modernizing operating models, securing storage and backup systems, and preparing for emerging risks like AI-driven attacks and quantum disruption.

CISOs Include:

  • Mark Thomson, Deputy Group CISO at Howden
  • Rick Doten, Former VP Information Security at Centene
  • Mats Nygren, Former VP Information Security at U.S. Bank
  • Erdal Ozkaya, CISO at Morgan State University
  • Gernette Wright, Former IT Security Officer – Americas at Schneider Electric
  • Girish Kulkarni, CISO at Aurionpro
  • Matthew Lang, Former CISO at State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU)
  • Bob Turner, Former CISO at Penn State University

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