Join @gattaca, Global Advisory CISO at @1Password, live on the #BlackHat2026# PULSE_STAGE/05: "Standing Access Is the Problem. AI Agents Just Made It Worse." If your agents still have standing access, this is the session to drop in with your questions. 📅 Today | 11:25AM 📍 PULSE_STAGE/05 Add to your schedule: #BlackHat2026# #IdentitySecurity# #ZeroTrust# #AIAgents# #BlackHat#

IREN has appointed Eric Hammersley as Chief Information Security Officer. As CISO, Eric will lead IREN’s security program across all three layers of our platform: data centers, compute and software. He brings more than two decades of experience securing cloud platforms and critical infrastructure. “Security is core to how we design, build and operate our platform. As we deliver AI Cloud services to some of the most demanding customers in the world, Eric’s experience securing cloud platforms at scale will be invaluable.” - @danroberts0101 Press release:

I am ecstatic to welcome @aluveaux as @WeAreLegora 's Chief Information Officer. Jonathan's career spans high-stakes trust environments: CISO at Ramp, BISO at CLEAR, and security and risk leadership at Diligent, following his time at NYU Law. That background matters because agentic law is built on trust. The customers we work with don't separate legal questions from technical ones, and neither can we. What I'm most excited about is how Jonathan thinks about security and AI adoption at Legora: not a gate at the end, but a design constraint from the start. That's already how we operate, and why 100,000+ lawyers and 1,500+ customers across 50 countries trust us with their most sensitive work and information. Jonathan is stepping onto a team that treats this as non-negotiable, and his job is to raise the bar further as AI increasingly permeates core legal workflows. Welcome, Jonathan!

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Solana's security chief says attacks aren't hitting the blockchain anymore Michael Coates, the @solana Foundation's first CISO and previously Twitter's, told CoinDesk that most recent incidents came from stolen credentials and AI-generated impersonation rather than contract bugs. His view is that you can't train people out of it, since the cons have gotten good enough that anyone will eventually get fooled, so the systems have to hold up when someone does.

Gartner projects that through 2029, more than 50% of successful attacks on AI systems will exploit access control weaknesses. At #BlackHat2026#, Dave Lewis, 1Password Global Advisory CISO, breaks down how a compromised AI agent is fundamentally different from a leaked password and why standing access is becoming one of the biggest security risks organizations face. You'll also see how 1Password replaces standing access with time-limited, task-scoped credentials that are tied to verified identity and revoked automatically when the work is complete. "Standing Access Is the Problem. AI Agents Just Made It Worse." 🗓️ Thursday, August 6 | 11:25am 📍 PULSE_STAGE/05 Add this session to your Black Hat schedule: #BlackHat# #IdentitySecurity# #ZeroTrust# #AIAgents# #1Password#

The digital asset economy is not coming. It is already here. And most businesses are approaching it backwards, starting with tools instead of building the right foundation first. BitGo Deputy CISO @securedby_mk breaks down what that foundation actually looks like in @Forbes: custody decisions, governance frameworks, and architecture choices that fit your specific business model. Read the full piece. 👇