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CISO Weekly Intelligence Summary Week of October 2 - 8, 2025

• AI-Assisted SOC Operations slash false positives 80% while analyzing 387 incident logs in 4 minutes versus multi-day manual investigation through autonomous threat hunting and behavioral correlation

• Post-Quantum Cryptography hybrid deployment pilots launching Q1 2026 as organizations race against cryptographic collapse timeline with NIST-standardized CRYSTALS-Kyber and Dilithium algorithms

• Continuous Compliance Automation achieves 92% efficiency gains transforming full-day audits into 1-2 hour exercises through pre-mapped controls, automated evidence collection, and real-time gap detection across multiple frameworks

• Zero Trust Micro-Segmentation isolates crown jewel systems with application-layer policies and identity-based access replacing perimeter assumptions as lateral movement becomes primary attack vector

...and much more

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