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Thursday’s Briefing · August 13

AI
CxO
CxO Podcasts

Upcoming Event · Tue, Aug 18 · 12:00pm

When AI Becomes an Insider: Rethinking Risk in Critical Infrastructure

In this 60-minute fireside chat, Dawn Haley, Senior Manager of Threat Intelligence & Investigations at Duke Energy, joins Scott Hooper, Enterprise Sales Director at DTEX, to share practical perspectives on how critical infrastructure organizations are adapting insider risk strategies as AI becomes more embedded into everyday work, security operations, and business workflows. more →

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When AI Becomes an Insider: Rethinking Risk in Critical Infrastructure (Aug. 18th)
Security
Networks
AWS
Cisco
Citrix

Upcoming Event · Thu, Aug 27 · 1:00pm

Experts Explain How to Develop a Framework for Cyber-Fraud Fusion

In this webinar, Accertify presents original research across 250 senior fraud, risk, and security decision-makers to answer that question with data. Attendees will learn what a high-performing fraud-cyber fusion framework actually looks like, why the sequence of convergence matters as much as convergence itself, and which specific operational moves separate the top-performing organizations from those stuck in what the research calls convergence purgatory. more →

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Experts Explain How to Develop a Framework for Cyber-Fraud Fusion (Aug. 27th)
Databricks

Databricks, Thursday, August 6th, 2026

What is Tool Calling?

Databricks publishes an explainer on tool calling and how models interact with external systems. more →

What is Tool Calling?

Databricks, Friday, August 7th, 2026

What is an AI Assistant?

Databricks publishes an explainer defining AI assistants and the components behind them. more →

What is an AI Assistant?
Dell
Micron

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 8 · 11:00am

No Data Privacy, No Innovation: Research That Proves Compliance is Essential to AI

AI/ML investment is surging, and enterprises are pouring resources into innovation. But when innovation and compliance collide, which one wins? According to the Perforce Delphix 2026 State of AI and Data Privacy Report, 98% say they are confident in their ability to protect sensitive data in AI/ML workflows. Yet 84% still allow data compliance exceptions. more →

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No Data Privacy, No Innovation: Research That Proves Compliance is Essential to AI (Sept. 8th)
OneTrust

Upcoming Event · Tue, Aug 18 · 12:00pm

Consistency Is a Sales Skill — and Your Newsletter Proves It

Buyers choosing a vendor are betting on a multi-year relationship, and the trait they most want to verify is reliability — so they read your present behavior as a preview of how you'll act once they've signed. Most of a rep's diligence is invisible, but a newsletter arriving every week is consistency made public and timestamped, demonstrating follow-through rather than claiming it. The trap is symmetrical: a newsletter that launches loudly and fades proves the opposite. The answer is making consistency structural instead of dependent on willpower that a brutal quarter will beat. more →

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Consistency Is a Sales Skill — and Your Newsletter Proves It
Oracle
Palo Alto Networks
RSA

Upcoming Event · Tue, Aug 18 · 12:00pm

Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor

Ask any enterprise IT buyer how they feel about salespeople and you'll get a tired sigh. It's not personal. It's the accumulated weight of a thousand cold emails, a hundred "quick calls," and an inbox full of reps who all somehow have "a solution that's perfect for your exact challenges" despite never having spoken to them. To the average buyer, the word *vendor* has come to mean *someone who wants my money*. more →

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Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor
SentinelOne
Sophos

Upcoming Event · Wed, Sep 2 · 11:00am

FreeBSD Security in Production: Vulnerability Response and Operational Best Practices

Join Klara’s Allan Jude and FreeBSD Security Officer Gordon Tetlow for a technical discussion on securing production FreeBSD systems. The session covers the security mechanisms available in FreeBSD, best practices for applying them, and will cover how the FreeBSD Security Team investigates vulnerabilities, publishes advisories, and delivers patches for supported releases. more →

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FreeBSD Security in Production: Vulnerability Response and Operational Best Practices (Sept. 2nd)
Zscaler