CISO Weekly Update
Week of January 13, 2026Security Operations Executive Summary - Board Ready
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Executive Summary
What the Board Needs to Know
- Zero breaches, zero data exfiltration across all customer environments for 847 consecutive days. This is our core promise delivered.
- AI-driven threat detection identified and contained a novel supply chain attack vector targeting healthcare customers 4 hours before any public disclosure. Proactive defense in action.
- Microsoft Sentinel integration is now live for 78% of MDR customers, reducing mean time to detect (MTTD) by 34%. Direct competitive advantage.
- Cyber insurance audit completed with zero findings. Customers can cite Armor coverage in their own renewals - reduces their premiums by avg 12%.
- SOC analyst efficiency up 47% YoY through AI-assisted triage. We're handling 2.3x the alert volume with the same headcount while improving response times.
Operational Metrics
Threats Blocked
847K
+12% vs last week
MTTD
4.2m
-18% improvement
MTTR
12m
-23% improvement
P1 Incidents
0
Target: 0
SLA Compliance
99.8%
+0.3% vs target
False Positive Rate
2.1%
Industry avg: 8%
Alert Volume
1.2M
+31% vs last year
Customers Protected
312
+8 this month
Notable Events This Week
Jan 12, 2026 - 14:23 UTC
Supply Chain Attack Preemptively Blocked
AI behavioral analysis detected anomalous npm package updates targeting healthcare sector customers. Blocked across all environments 4 hours before CVE publication. Zero customer impact. This is the value of proactive threat hunting.
Jan 11, 2026 - 09:15 UTC
Microsoft Sentinel Integration Milestone
Completed Sentinel integration for 18 additional customer environments this week, bringing total to 78% of MDR base. Customers seeing 34% faster detection times. Q1 target of 90% on track.
Jan 10, 2026 - 22:47 UTC
Coordinated Credential Stuffing Campaign
Detected and blocked coordinated credential stuffing campaign targeting 47 customer environments simultaneously. Attack originated from 12,000+ unique IPs across 8 countries. All attempts blocked at perimeter. Enhanced monitoring in place.
Jan 9, 2026 - 11:30 UTC
SOC 2 Type II Audit - Zero Findings
Completed annual SOC 2 Type II audit with zero findings for third consecutive year. Auditors specifically cited AI-driven incident response and documentation quality. Report available for customer distribution.
Key Decisions This Week
WAF XML Memory Buffer Increase
Emergency
Approved. Customer document uploads were exhausting the XML buffer on F5 BIG-IP WAF, causing connection drops. Two customers down; others intermittently affected.
Action: Increased
total_xml_memory from 300MB to 600MB per F5 KB recommendation. Executed with HA failover procedure. Customer validation completed.
Azure AD App Registration - Graph API Access
Approved
Approved with conditions. Delegated Graph API permissions for Teams meeting transcript/recording access. Single-tenant integration for internal productivity tooling.
Controls: Delegated permissions only (no app-level), "Assignment required" enforced, user assignment restricted to requestor. Read-only access scoped to user's own data.
Risk Register - Requires Attention
GenAI-Enabled Phishing Evolution
High
Observing 340% increase in AI-generated phishing attempts. Traditional signature-based detection increasingly ineffective. Customer exposure growing.
Mitigation: Deploying behavioral AI detection layer Q1. Pilot with 20 customers showing 94% catch rate.
Cloud Misconfig Detection Gap
Medium
Current CSPM coverage at 67% of customer cloud assets. Remaining 33% rely on periodic manual review. Gap creates detection latency.
Mitigation: Wiz integration in final testing. Full deployment by Feb 15 will achieve 98% coverage.
Analyst Capacity at 85%
Low
SOC analyst utilization averaging 85%. Sustainable but limits surge capacity. Customer growth will pressure this by Q3.
Mitigation: AI automation reducing manual work 5%/month. On track to maintain capacity through 2026 without additional headcount.
Strategic Initiatives
MXDR Platform Launch
On Track
Extended detection and response platform integrating endpoint, network, cloud, and identity telemetry. Beta with 15 customers showing 45% faster threat correlation. GA target: March 2026.
AI SOC Co-Pilot
On Track
LLM-powered analyst assistant for investigation acceleration and playbook execution. Reduces Tier 1 triage time by 60%. Internal deployment complete, customer-facing features in development.
Nexus Customer Portal
At Risk
Unified security dashboard giving CISOs real-time visibility into their security posture. React rebuild 3 weeks behind due to auth integration complexity. Recovery plan in place.
Zero Trust Architecture Service
On Track
Professional services offering for Zero Trust implementation. Methodology documented, first 3 engagements sold. Building repeatable delivery playbook with $180K average deal size.
Threat Landscape Intelligence
What We're Watching
- AI-Generated Malware: First confirmed cases of fully autonomous malware development by threat actors. Detection requires behavioral analysis, not signatures. Our AI detection platform positioned well.
- Cloud Identity Attacks: 78% of breaches now involve compromised cloud identities. Pushing customers toward MFA everywhere and conditional access policies. Microsoft Entra integration critical.
- Ransomware Evolution: Groups shifting from encryption to pure data exfiltration and extortion. Detection window shrinking. Our 4.2-minute MTTD is competitive advantage.
- Supply Chain Persistence: Nation-state actors maintaining long-term presence in software supply chains. Expanded our dependency scanning to cover all customer CI/CD pipelines.
Next Week Priorities
Nexus Sprint
Auth Fix Unblock customer portal launch
MXDR Beta
+10 Customers Expand beta program
AI Phishing
Pilot Deploy Roll to first 20 production customers
Board Prep
Q4 Review Annual security report finalization