Boards do not want a count of vulnerabilities. They want business risk. Omdia Principal Analyst Theresa Lanowitz shares new research on offensive security in the age of AI. Follow Qualys on BrightTALK for more Cyber Risk Series talks: https://www.brighttalk.com/channel/11673 Explore the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform: https://www.qualys.com/etm Build your Risk Operations Center (ROC) today: https://www.qualys.com/roc Theresa Lanowitz, Principal Analyst at Omdia covering risk and vulnerability management, starts with a simple equation: risk equals threat plus vulnerabilities. She explains how AI has shrunk the time to remediate, why the April 7, 2026 disclosure of Claude Mythos put vulnerabilities at the center of every boardroom conversation, and why security teams need to think like the adversary and move left of boom. She then shares Omdia research on how organizations use AI in offensive security, where traditional approaches fall short, and where budgets are heading. Findings include 94% of cybersecurity leaders calling generative AI very important to their offensive security strategy, 53% saying traditional offensive security is static and obsolete by the time the report arrives, and 88% of organizations planning to increase offensive security budgets. Her answer is continuous discovery across an expanded definition of assets, remediation prioritized by business impact, and a security team that moves from the team of no to the team of know. Speaker: Theresa Lanowitz, Principal Analyst, Omdia Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:18 Risk equals threat plus vulnerabilities 1:50 AI shrinks the time to remediate 2:14 April 7, 2026: vulnerabilities become the word of the year 4:07 What boards want: business risk, not counts 5:32 Omdia research: offensive security in the AI era 6:41 Concerns about AI agents 8:22 Why traditional offensive security falls short 8:47 The new approach: continuous discovery 10:11 Prioritize remediation by business impact 11:59 Business outcomes and near real-time threat intelligence 13:50 Where offensive security budgets are going 16:14 Offensive findings strengthen defensive operations 17:40 Thinking left of boom 18:45 From the team of no to the team of know 20:26 Closing: cyber resilience #CyberRiskSeries #OffensiveSecurity #BusinessRisk #Omdia

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