CISOs Connect Opens Nominations for 2026 A100 Awards as AI Reshapes the CISO Operating Environment
On April 28, 2026, David Cass, President of CISOs Connect and Chief Information Security Officer of Keyrock, announced the opening of nominations for the 2026 A100 CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Awards (Source). The announcement was distributed via PR Newswire and subsequently confirmed by Morningstar and Yahoo Finance (Source) (Source).
Cass stated that artificial intelligence has fundamentally reshaped the CISO operating environment, altering both cybersecurity practice and broader business operations on a daily basis (Source). Against this backdrop, the A100 Awards are positioned as a peer-driven, commercially independent signal of leadership readiness among CISOs (Source).
The 2026 A100 CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Awards recognize security leaders navigating an accelerating threat and technology landscape, with nominations now open to the broader CISO community (Source). "AI is reshaping cybersecurity and business on a daily basis, and the A100 Awards exist to identify the leaders who are meeting that moment with the readiness and vision the role demands," said David Cass, President of CISOs Connect (Source).