Eckhart Mehler

Eckhart Mehler

Hamburg, Germany
Global CISO advising leadership teams on cybersecurity, governance, resilience, and emerging technology risks. Working across international environments where security, regulation, geopolitics, and digital transformation increasingly converge.
11
Sep
The Network Is Not the Security Boundary

The Network Is Not the Security Boundary

16 min read
11
Sep
The Automation Paradox: AI Can Fix Faster — But Can We Trust the Fix?

The Automation Paradox: AI Can Fix Faster — But Can We Trust the Fix?

17 min read
11
Sep
AI Is Changing the Economics of Vulnerability Discovery

AI Is Changing the Economics of Vulnerability Discovery

16 min read
11
Sep
Prompt Injection Is Becoming an Execution Problem

Prompt Injection Is Becoming an Execution Problem

14 min read
11
Sep
Identity After Passwords

Identity After Passwords

Phishing-resistant authentication is essential — but it does not end identity compromise. As attackers shift toward sessions, tokens, endpoints, machine identities and delegation chains, identity security must evolve from authentication assurance to authority assurance.
14 min read
10
Sep
When Security Tools Become the Attack Surface

When Security Tools Become the Attack Surface

12 min read
10
Sep
The New AI Supply Chain

The New AI Supply Chain

The AI supply chain no longer delivers only software. Models, prompts, skills, MCP servers and runtimes can all shape execution. CISOs must start governing not only executable code, but executable meaning.
12 min read
23
Aug
Your Developer Workstation Is Becoming an Agent Control Plane

Your Developer Workstation Is Becoming an Agent Control Plane

15 min read
23
Aug
The AI Supply Chain Can Execute Before the Application Does

The AI Supply Chain Can Execute Before the Application Does

AI artifacts are no longer passive data. DEF CON 34 shows how models, Skills, repositories and loaders can become execution paths — forcing CISOs to rethink supply-chain security, provenance and runtime authority.
14 min read
19
Aug
MCP Is Becoming Enterprise Infrastructure

MCP Is Becoming Enterprise Infrastructure

MCP is becoming enterprise infrastructure. As AI agents gain access to tools, identities and business systems, CISOs must govern not just integration — but the authority flowing through it.
15 min read