3/6/26 Valene Skerpac shared her perspectives participating in an insightful CISO panel discussion at the Fairfield Westchester SIM event on February 26th, skillfully moderated by Fred Danback. The panel discussed security challenges, strategic approaches and tactics that have been effective in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Shadow IT and AI, Zero Trust and getting to ‘Yes’ to enable business.
Key themes from the night:
★ Security must be embedded in enterprise risk — not bolted on.
★ Agentic AI demands new governance, guardrails, and cross-functional oversight.
★ The velocity of AI-enabled attacks is accelerating — attackers need less skill than ever before.
★ Continuous monitoring, automation, and asymmetric defense strategies are essential.
★ Perfect security is a myth — but continuous maturity is not optional.
