Security stays reactive in AI: CISOs can't get budgets past the board
annetgriffin · x · 2026-10-26
annetgriffin, who worked at an AI startup whose buyers were CISOs, argues the tech industry is still thinking about security reactively rather than proactively despite recent incidents. Her inside view: security is a cost center, CISOs are cash- and resource-strapped, and anything they can't justify to the CEO and board simply doesn't happen — wishlists of unfunded security projects already stack up. Her open question: how bad must things get before companies commit to the basics?
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