50% of CISOs see Mythos as a sign to exit the profession
CISOs already have it tough, but the straw that breaks the back of many IT security executives may be the rapidly advancing capabilities of frontier AI models, enterprise insistence on rapid and widespread AI experimentation, and the compounding risk responsibilities and personal liabilities surrounding all that. “There are days where it feels exhausting,” says one CISO at a large enterprise in the software industry, who did not want to be quoted by name. “There are days when it feels like this is a lot.” This executive is not alone. In a recent survey of 1,001 CISOs in the US and UK , 50% agreed that the introduction of Anthropic Mythos and similar cyber-capable models and tools has caused them to consider leaving the profession. Only 25% disagreed with that statement. And 60% said pressure from the board and executive leadership to adopt AI was outpacing their organization’s ability to govern and secure its use. Christine Gadsby, chief security advisor at BlackBerry, who spent years