CONGRATULATIONS! 🥇Olivia Brännlund, CISO at Outpost24, has been recognized as the Cybersecurity Woman of the Year at the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards by The Hacker News.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: https://outpost24.com/blog/outpost24-ciso-olivia-brannlund-named-2026-cybersecurity-woman-of-the-year

Olivia, congratulations on this outstanding and well-deserved recognition! 👏

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CISOs are carrying more responsibility, but many still don’t control the systems, teams, or decisions that shape security risk.

Our latest research looks at how AI is making that gap harder to manage from unclear ownership to expanding attack surfaces and rising breach pressure.

In our recent blog, Marshall Erwin breaks down how accountability without control is breaking security leadership:
https://www.fastly.com/blog/accountability-without-control-is-breaking-security-leadership

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When an executive rejects a security recommendation, it's worth asking what would need to change for a different answer. That question reveals constraints we didn't see and persuasion paths we didn't consider.

https://zeltser.com/rejected-security-recommendations

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When Executives Reject Your Security Recommendations

A rejected security recommendation feels personal, but it often reflects competing demands the security team doesn't fully see. Knowing how to act on that reality helps the CISO become someone the business trusts with its priorities.

Lenny Zeltser