From Reactive Defense to Autonomous Security: Rethinking Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI

Summary

An interactive 40-minute session with Manuel Bissey and IBM clients — not a keynote alone.

Description

What happens when cyberattacks begin to move faster than the organizations defending against them? AI is fundamentally changing the economics and velocity of cyber risk — against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, increasingly industrialized cybercrime, and the emergence of autonomous AI agents capable of operating at unprecedented speed and scale. The threat is not simply accelerating; its very nature is changing. Defending against this new generation of threats will require more than faster tools or larger security teams — it requires a different operating model. In this interactive presentation, Manuel Bissey (joined by IBM clients) explores Autonomous Security: how AI, automation and human expertise can come together to anticipate threats, continuously prioritize risk and accelerate response — with room for dialogue, not a keynote alone. Beyond technology, the session examines what this shift means for cyber resilience, digital sovereignty, governance and trust — and why the journey from reactive defense to autonomous security may become one of the defining transformations of cybersecurity.

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