News Summary

• Bharat Thakrar, board director at ISACA’s London Chapter, spoke to an audience of cybersecurity leaders at Infosecurity Europe 2026.
• He warned that treating security as purely an IT problem is like "a turkey concluding its human caretaker is benevolent the day before Thanksgiving" He also warned about growing covert foreign IT workers schemes, notably coming from North Korea, that can create insider access.
• He argued for revamped HR vetting, tighter access controls and pre‑delegated authority so executive teams can act without delay.