No Grace for the Unprepared: Surviving the Age of AI-Powered Cyber Warfare

AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery, exploitation, and disruption from weeks to hours, while nation-state actors pre-position persistent access in critical infrastructure for use during geopolitical escalation. This session examines how organizations can keep pace, arguing that periodic scanning and compliance-only controls no longer hold up against attackers who automate reconnaissance, lateral movement, and exploitation at scale. Its core message is that defenders need continuous operational resilience: real-time threat intelligence, full visibility across IT and OT environments, risk-based prioritization, and action that closes exposure windows before conventional patches arrive.