Track

Date & Time
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Room Location
Hall 1
Session Code
TR2C
Name
Are Today's Biggest Cyber Threats Caused by Artificial Intelligence or Active Inertia?
Description

For months, news headlines have warned us of an AI-powered cyber apocalypse – a relentless, hyper-sophisticated threat that renders traditional defences obsolete.

We’ve been told that machine learning is the new supervillain, making every organisation fundamentally vulnerable. But what if this narrative is the most significant distraction facing the industry?

This session challenges the fear-mongering and asks uncomfortable questions: Are we really being defeated by bleeding-edge AI malware, or are we failing to adapt to the new normal by trying to scale the human processes that worked before to defend against machine speed attacks?

Will today’s approaches to cyber security be fit for purpose in the agentic future? Is active Iinertia, not artificial intelligence itself, the real AI problem?

In this panel, Tenable’s Product Vice President, Gavin Millard, and guests will debate these questions, drawing on data-driven insights to understand future AI cyber threats and how we can defend against them.

Session Keywords
AI enabled threat, AI for Cyber Defence, Human factors and culture
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