Security Visionaries | Agentic AI Threats: Hype or Reality

Are agentic AI threats just hype or reality?

Security Visionaries host Max Havey digs into the world of agentic AI-enabled threats and cyber espionage with guests Neil Thacker, Global Privacy and Data Protection Officer at Netskope, and Ray Canzanese, Head of Netskope Threat Labs.

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:01 – Introduction

01:35 – Neil and Ray’s agentic AI predictions in 2026

04:37 – DIscussion of Anthropic’s recent AI-enabled cyber espionage report

09:57 – Important details to include for future reports of threats

12:30 – Why AI companies emphasize nefarious uses by attackers

13:58 – Why threat actors get better outcomes with AI compared to enterprise initiatives

17:46 – The importance of classifying threats as human or AI

20:24 – Drivers of future agentic breaches

25:22 – Shifting cybersecurity conversations around AI

28:48 – Advice for containing AI risks

32:07 – Conclusion

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