Turning Regulation into a Resilience Advantage: 6 Top Pentesting Tips for CISOs

Learn why traditional third-party risk management fails and what CISOs must demand from vendors, including continuous pentesting, to manage third-party risk effectively.

Since the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and how he or she reports has a major impact on security and risk, I think it’s interesting to look at how different organizations have structured the position. With that said, there is very little consistency other than a correlation with the industry vertical’s understanding of IT risk.

GitLab argues its Dedicated single-tenant SaaS helps EU enterprises meet DORA, NIS2 and GDPR, offering isolation and audit evidence without self-managed operational overhead.

McKinsey projects cyberattack damage of $10.5 trillion a year by 2025, yet security spend of $150 billion lags a $2 trillion market opportunity, signaling demand for simpler, scalable solutions.

Explains what a vulnerability disclosure policy is and why the EU CRA and NIS2 now make it a compliance expectation, then walks through the key decisions behind each policy section, offering a free template for security and legal teams to adapt.

European companies weigh sovereignty alongside security: NIS2, GDPR, the Cyber Resilience Act and DORA drive demand; even President Macron sought a meeting with Aikido over tech sovereignty.