Accountability or liability: The CISO’s latest nightmare

C-suite Exchange: When security leadership means taking the blame for risks you can’t fully control.

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Today’s CISO is stuck between a rock and a hard place: remain an operational leader and risk never having their voice heard, or fight for a seat at the C-Suite table—and be prepared to take the heat when the inevitable breach hits.

In this C-Suite Exchange, hosted by HotTopics in partnership with Fastly, security executives will explore how CISOs are increasingly being held liable for failures in systems they don’t fully control. Together, they’ll unpack how shifts in reporting structures, regulation, and board-level expectations are changing the personal risk landscape and what security leaders can do to remain responsible, without becoming personally liable.

Event details

📍 Location: Virtual

🗓 Date: 26th March 2026

🕛 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM GMT

👥 The Hosts: Doug Drinkwater, Strategy and Editorial Director, HotTopics

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