Meet the CISO: A new front line star in the AI cybersecurity war

AI has changed what the CISO job is. Agent-led attacks have arrived, budgets are up only modestly, and security chiefs now report to the CEO and answer for internal AI governance as well as external threats. Joe Sullivan, speaking as former CISO at Uber and Facebook, points to the gap between urgency and readiness: many teams are too overwhelmed to know where to begin, and the security products built for this moment are still early. CNBC, September 5, 2026.