October 22, 2026|Publications

Be Prepared: AI Is Accelerating Cyber Risk, and Ignoring It Is Reckless

By Douglas DePeppe

““This is not a drill.”

— Lukasz Olejnik, visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London, on the PHP vulnerabilities, October 21, 2026

Today I attended the IT-ISAC’s threat presentation on cyberattack trends in 2026, titled “Make It Harder: Turning Today’s Cyber Threats into Action.” Among the trends it highlighted was one that should keep every executive and board member up at night: AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, and with it, cyber risk itself.”

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