Michael E Lemm

Check Out The Insights Shared In The Article "Smart Cybersecurity Spending – How CISOs Can Invest Where It Matters Most" => ds3-bandwidth.com/2025/10/26/sma… @ScottBVS @ChuckDBrooks @Corix_JC @mclynd @BillMew @cybersecboardrm @Shirastweet @YuHelenYu @robmay70 @mirko_ross @AccidentalCISO

How Do You Create A Strong Effective Disaster Recovery Plan? Everything You Need To Know Is Right Here=> ds3-bandwidth.com/2025/03/13/how… #Cybersecurity #DisasterRecovery #CIO #CISO @ChuckDBrooks @Corix_JC @BillMew @robmay70 @cybersecboardrm @Khulood_Almani @Transform_Sec @YuHelenYu

This Should Be In Every #Cybersecurity Professionals Tool Box => "The Ethical Hacker’s Toolkit Exposed: How To Find & Fix Critical Vulnerabilities Before They’re Exploited" undercodetesting.com/the-ethical-ha… #CISO @Corix_JC @ChuckDBrooks @NetworkChuck @BillMew @cybersecboardrm @PVynckier

Emerging Trends: Multi and Hybrid Cloud Governance buff.ly/KiiDkA7 @sogetilabs #CloudComputing #AI Cc @NewsNeus @sallyeaves @DeepLearn007 @jblefevre60 @BetaMoroney @RLDI_Lamy @roxananasoi

#Cybersecurity was built for predictable systems. #AI changes the rules > buff.ly/xcTYPBR #tech #security #infosec #business #leadership #management #governance #cyberthreats #cyberattacks #databreaches #CISO #CIO #CTO #CEO

In #cybersecurity the most sig. threat to our infrastructure often stems from human behavior rather than external factors Even the most secure architecture can fail if our people are not prepared to embrace & navigate necessary changes 👇FULL episode youtu.be/PaEGUqr7EVc?si…

📣Join me and @NetApp on Wednesday, June 24th at 8am PT/11am ET for an important discussion on building the industry benchmark for data-layer cyber resilience. 📍📍Please register here: 👇👇👇👇 ntap.co/-mLZnH #cybersecurity #AI #CISO #storage #CEO #cyber

If "not f*cking around" was a dog

From #AIAgents Prototype to Production by @ingliguori #GenerativeAI #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning

🚀 15,000 Learners and Growing — My Cloud Security Course Is Making an Impact Excited to share that my LinkedIn Learning course, "Cloud Security Concepts: Services and Compliance," has reached 15,000 learners and counting. Cloud security is one of the most critical skills in tech today — yet it's often overwhelming for both newcomers and experienced professionals trying to stay current. That's exactly why I built this course: to break down cloud security fundamentals, services, and compliance into clear, actionable knowledge. Whether you're just getting started with cloud architecture or you're an IT veteran looking to deepen your security expertise, this course was designed to meet you where you are. The response has been incredible, and I'm proud that it's helping professionals across the industry strengthen their skills and protect their organizations. Big thanks to LinkedIn Learning for their continued partnership in delivering high-quality, relevant content that keeps us all ahead of the curve. If you've been meaning to level up your cloud security knowledge — now's the perfect time. 👉 linkedin.com/learning/cloud… #CloudSecurity #LinkedInLearning #Cybersecurity #CloudComputing #ProfessionalDevelopment #TechEducation

5 new #security operations roles the AI-#SOC will create buff.ly/3iIxC59 @CSOonline @JOltsik #tech #leadership #management #cybersecurity #secops #securitytools #CIO #CTO #CISO #cyberthreats #cyberattacks #databreaches #skills #talent #talentmanagement #jobs #careers

Will this replace PoE (Power over Ethernet)? Watch the video on YouTube: lnkd.in/djM8apAW Big thanks to NTT DATA for sponsoring this video and to Cisco for sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Vegas. For more information about NTT DATA and Cisco’s partnership, click here youtu.be/-kHIYtSLbTU

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How The World Of #Network Aggregation Is Changing For The Better…Pay Attention ds3-bandwidth.com/2025/08/15/how… #Telecom #NetworkManagement @jeffkagan @RobTiffany @JimHarris @antgrasso @Khulood_Almani @Nicochan33 @NetworkWorld @totaltelecom @TelcoRamblings @NeilCattermull @ipfconline1

How To Successfully Address The #Human Element Of #Cybersecurity With #UEBA (User & Entity Behavior #Analytics) ds3-bandwidth.com/2025/08/15/how… @ChuckDBrooks @mclynd @BillMew @cybersecboardrm @Corix_JC @robmay70 @Khulood_Almani @YuHelenYu @PVynckier @Shirastweet @antgrasso @ScottBVS

What #Boards Get Wrong About #Cybersecurity > buff.ly/ihFzrAc #tech #business #leadership #management #governance #cyberrisk #cyberthreats #cyberattacks #databreaches #CISO #CIO #CTO #CEO #CRO #GRC #compliance

#ZeroTrust isn’t broken. Most companies just do it wrong. buff.ly/ofpdP1T #tech #cybersecurity #identity #identitymanagement #accessmanagement #IAM #networksecurity #cyberthreats #cyberattacks #databreaches #business #leadership #management #CISO #CIO #CTO #CEO @CSOonline @BetaMoroney @ChuckDBrooks @MikeFlache @Khulood_Almani @IngridVasiliu @JonBelsher @Timothy_Hughes @NafisAlam @YuHelenYu @RLDI_Lamy @MCLynd @OlKonol_oa @RigneySec @BenRothke @HWillert @AndrewinContact @TerenceLeungSF @Shi4Tech @enilev @Nicochan33 @SabineVdL @bimedotcom @IanLJones98 @FrRonconi @RiccardoBua @Eli_Krumova @NYIke @HaroldSinnott @SallyEaves @GlobalIQX @AntGrasso @AkwyZ @DinisGuarda @PVynckier @YvesMulkers @HaleChris @BillMew @RobMay70 @NigelTozer @m49D4ch3lly @Ronald_vanLoon @jeancayeux @NevilleGaunt @asokan_telecom @cybersecboardrm @RVP @QuePasaChico

AI adoption is accelerating. So are the cybersecurity risks behind it. Companies are integrating AI into CRM, sales, operations and customer experience faster than ever. But many organizations are still missing a critical point: ⚠️ AI without governance creates exposure. We’re seeing a rapid increase in: → AI-generated phishing & social engineering → Shadow AI across teams → Sensitive customer data shared with unmanaged tools → Compliance risks linked to AI automation → Lack of transparency in AI-driven decisions The real competitive advantage is no longer just “using AI.” It’s building: ✅ Secure AI frameworks ✅ Trusted data governance ✅ Human-centric automation ✅ Cyber-resilient ecosystems AI transformation must be: Secure. Responsible. Business-driven. The winning formula: #AI + #CyberSecurity + #DataGovernance + #BusinessStrategy How is your organization balancing AI innovation with security and governance? #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #EnterpriseAI #CyberSecurity #GenAI #CRM #TechnologyLeadership

Don't miss my latest #livestream at 12 noon today - "Autonomous AI Is Here, But Are Enterprises Ready?" 📅 Date: Today, 18th June 🕒 Time: 12:00 GMT, 07:00 EST, 04:00 PST, 17:30 IST LinkedIn > lnkd.in/gsq28F2 Twitter > lnkd.in/ehrXiUW Facebook > lnkd.in/e_9hcfph YouTube > lnkd.in/dMhGX2q 🚀 Autonomous AI is moving from theory into the enterprise, and the big question is no longer whether AI agents can act, but whether businesses are ready to let them. In this new interview, I speak with Shayan Mohanty, Chief Data and AI Officer at Thoughtworks, about what it really takes to move from AI assistants and copilots toward agentic systems that can plan, use tools and take action across real business workflows. We discuss why governance cannot be treated as paperwork, why accountability has to be built into the architecture from day one, and why the real competitive advantage in AI may come from orchestration, execution and AI-ready data rather than access to the latest model. For any business leader thinking seriously about AI transformation, this is a conversation about what needs to happen before autonomous AI can be trusted at scale. To learn more, check out the white paper: The agentic enterprise: Building an ecosystem of continuous evolution and reliable impact. thoughtworks.com/about-us/partn… #Sponsored #ThoughtworksPartnership

Why We're Not Seeing AI ROI in 2026 — And Why That Won't Change This Year The numbers are in, and they're uncomfortable. Despite billions flowing into AI, we're not seeing the returns. And here's the uncomfortable truth: we won't see them for the remainder of 2026 either. The ROI Gap is Real and Growing PwC's 2026 CEO Survey reveals that 56% of CEOs report no measurable revenue increase or cost reduction from AI investments. Only 12% report achieving both. That's not a technology problem — that's a strategy and execution problem. Bain & Company's research shows that while 37% of organizations targeted cost reductions of 11-20%, nearly 40% landed below 10%. Yet 90% are increasing their budgets anyway. Gartner's latest data: 72% of AI projects in infrastructure and operations fail to fully meet ROI expectations. Only 28% succeed outright. The Problem Isn't the Technology Here's what the research keeps telling us but we keep ignoring: We're automating broken processes. Bain puts it bluntly — AI doesn't fix workflow debt; it locks it in, speeds it up, and makes it vastly more expensive to unwind. We're throwing AI at processes that were never optimized in the first place. Data is still the wall. 41% of organizations cite data access and integration as the #1 barrier to AI progress. After a decade of data modernization investments worth hundreds of billions globally, we still can't reliably get access to our own data. The "autonomous" agents aren't autonomous. Only 7% of companies are running fully autonomous agents in production. The dominant model requires human approval. Yet investment cases are built on full automation economics. The gap between the business case and reality is bankrupting CFOs. We're funding the next wave with savings that never arrived. 44% of companies plan to self-fund AI agent investments from "prior automation savings" — but those savings consistently came in below target. We're compounding risk, not managing it. Usage doesn't equal value. Most AI deployments are still doing low-complexity work — summarization, basic Q&A — that doesn't move the needle. What the 12% Are Doing Differently CEOs who report financial returns are 2-3x more likely to have embedded AI extensively across decision-making and demand generation. They haven't just bought licenses — they've rewired operations. They've treated AI as a CEO-level mandate, not an IT project. The Hard Truth The era of unmeasured experimentation is over. We spent 2024-2025 celebrating pilots and "AI strategies." Now the board wants auditable outcomes, not slide decks about potential. We need to stop asking "Where can we apply AI?" and start asking "If we were designing this process from scratch today, what would it look like?" Only then should the technology conversation begin. The window to get this right is narrowing. The organizations that figure this out in 2026 will have a compounding advantage. The rest will keep writing checks hoping the ROI eventually shows up. It's not showing up. Not until we fix the fundamentals.

My book "Cyber War: One Scenario " is a fast-paced techno-thriller exploring artificial intelligence, digital disruption, quantum, and the decisions leaders may face in an increasingly connected world. Available now on nearly every major book platform for readers who enjoy intelligent, realistic thrillers.