Russ Ayres
CISO at Principal Financial Group and featured guest on this episode offering practical advice on metrics, automation, team design, and maintaining connections with security teams.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 43min
When We See White Smoke, We Know We Have a New CISO
Russ Ayres, CISO at Principal Financial Group, shares practical security leadership know-how. He discusses which metrics actually drive business decisions. He explores automation risks that amplify broken processes. He covers AI’s impact on tooling and the need for bilingual human-AI skills. He explains how to stay intentionally connected with security teams.
