Opening Plenary - High-Level Panel: Survival of the Fittest - Leveraging Agentic AI in Cyber Operations

Panel discussion on operationalising agentic AI to counter evolving cyber threats and strengthen operational readiness.

Last updated on 12 October 2026

13 October 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 11.10am to 11.55am (GMT +8)
Venue: SICW A (Level 3, Heliconia 3401 - 3506)

Agentic AI is rapidly moving from experimentation into real-world cyber operations, introducing new attack capabilities and expanding the attack surface. This shift is placing increasing pressure on traditional security models, which were not designed for systems that can plan, act, and execute tasks autonomously. As AI agents move into live environments, conventional controls struggle to keep pace with systems that behave and fail in fundamentally different ways.

This session examines the dual impact of agentic AI on cybersecurity, exploring how it is reshaping today’s threat landscape, and how threat actors leverage AI agents to scale reconnaissance and accelerate vulnerability discovery. Hear from our panel of cybersecurity practitioners and technical leaders as they share practical insights drawn from the field on securing agentic AI and defending against AI-powered attacks.

Table of event speakers and moderators

Programme
Panellist
Mr Royal Hansen	Vice President of Engineering Google
Mrs Friederike Dahns	National Director and Director General, Cyber and Information Security Federal Ministry of the Interior Germany
Mr Vitalii Balashov	Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for Cybersecurity and Cloud Technologies Ministry of Digital Transformation Ukraine
Mr Peter Anstee	National Security Lead, APAC OpenAI
Dr Richard Horne	Chief Executive Officer National Cyber Security Centre United Kingdom
Moderator
Mr Garrettson Blight	Vice President, Department of War Cyber Defense Booz Allen Hamilton

Information is accurate at time of publication