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Volume 343, Issue 4 · 2026-10-26 – 2026-11-01 · Popular → · Newsletters (LinkedIn, Substack)

Friday’s Briefing · November 6

InformationWeek, Thursday, October 29th, 2026

Dallas CIO Reshapes IT Amid AI Threats

New Dallas CIO Jeff Stovall describes hiring a CISO, reorganizing IT and prioritizing cybersecurity and AI talent amid AI-driven threats. more →

Dallas CIO Reshapes IT Amid AI Threats

Upcoming Event · Thu, Nov 5 · 2:00pm

Beyond The Security Rating: Building a Third-Party Risk Score You Can Defend

This session shows how to build a third-party risk score that a security team can defend. We'll walk through a model that combines inside-out control data with outside-in signals from perimeter scanning, threat intelligence, and vulnerability monitoring, and weights each control by its mapping to Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs). more →

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Beyond The Security Rating: Building a Third-Party Risk Score You Can Defend (Nov. 5th)

Computer Weekly, Monday, October 26th, 2026

Gartner: Winning in the edge

Gartner analyst Jimmy Chuang outlines how edge AI providers can win by selling managed, sovereign token services rather than raw GPU capacity. more →

Gartner: Winning in the edge

Cohere, Thursday, October 29th, 2026

Who Gets to Build the Frontier for AI

Cohere announces the initial close of a Series E targeting up to CAD $7 billion, led by Schwarz Group, to build a non-US, non-China frontier AI firm. more →

Who Gets to Build the Frontier for AI

CrowdStrike, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026

When AI Guardrails Expose Vulnerabilities

CrowdStrike researchers found AI model refusals can point to hidden code vulnerabilities, a method they call Guardrail-based Vulnerability Discovery. more →

When AI Guardrails Expose Vulnerabilities

Sophos, Monday, October 26th, 2026

The Breachpocalypse Is Here

Sophos CISO Ross McKerchar warns a breachpocalypse is underway and urges leaders to act before the data fully confirms it. more →

The Breachpocalypse Is Here