The Heller Report: Fifteen Interview Questions to Hire CISOs Who Will Grow -- Not Just Protect -- Your Business

Forward-thinking CISOs turn security into a competitive advantage, advise on responsible AI adoption, and guide the board on digital risk. It is not an easy role to fill. In this article, Heller presents questions compiled by our CISO talent experts to help you find executives who can profitably lead the information security function. For example: Where would you look for opportunities to use cybersecurity as a market differentiator? How do you build a security-aware culture?

Corporate leaders face rising pressure to demonstrate a tangible return on AI investment while championing experimentation. In this interview, innovation expert Andrew Binns, director of Change Logic consultancy, explains why he encourages executives to see AI as a general-purpose advance that has the potential to revolutionize tasks as long as companies both weigh the risks of experimentation and learn to move faster.

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IBM announced a new computing architecture that advances the goal of building a large fault-tolerant quantum computer. The design reduces the number of qubits (the quantum equivalent of bits) required to detect errors, IEEE Spectrum reports. IBM hopes to bring the computer called Starling to market in 2029. “Because of the inherent unreliability of the qubits that quantum computers are built from, error correction will be crucial for building reliable, large-scale devices,” the publication noted. While engineering challenges remain, the innovation has the potential to enable quantum computers to solve practical problems, Mark Horvath of Gartner told IEEE Spectrum.