AI Security Brief

AI-enabled attacks are on the rise, your analysts are drowning in alerts, and vendors are positioning an autonomous SOC as the solution. But what can AI agents actually do today? How will analyst roles evolve? And how much autonomy can you safely give?

Cybersecurity researcher Jon Oltsik joins Johnny and Dustin to separate AI automation from AI autonomy. They explore what it takes to bring AI agents into the SOC safely, from testing agents in shadow mode to establishing clear guardrails and human oversight, and why trust in an agent has to be earned through proven performance.

You’ll learn:

How process automation differs from full autonomy, and where human judgment stays essential

How SIEM, SOAR, and analyst roles could evolve, and the new career opportunities emerging

How to defend the agentic SOC itself: agent identities, access boundaries, audit trails, and a kill switch

Where to start in your organization’s move to an agent-enabled SOC

Why stick around:

Jon shares practical steps for introducing AI agents into your SOC without overestimating their capabilities or overlooking the risks.

Episode resources:

CSO Online: 5 New security operations roles the AI-SOC will create

Agentic AI’s shadow pipeline

Episode 13: Is trust holding back automated remediation?

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About AI Security Brief

AI Security Brief is where security and technology leaders come to get ahead. Join us for real conversations on the AI trends, threats, and decisions that can't wait.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™ empowers organizations to lead the future of AI with proactive security designed to inspire innovation and eliminate risk. TrendAI™. AI Fearlessly.

Your AI initiative gets the green light. But now all the parameters and guardrails you built into your plan need to be executed. Who owns AI once it goes live? Who’s watching as AI use expands? And if the AI workflow fails, can anyone still run the process it replaced?

In this episode, Maria Haight, Global Information Security Officer at Joyson Safety Systems, joins Dustin Childs to unpack the operational realities of AI security. She advocates for preserving human know-how, assigning business ownership, and backing up critical data to keep the business running should an AI system fail or dare we say it, go rogue.

You’ll learn:

Why you need to plan for AI failure before implementation begins

How to keep approved AI initiatives accountable, monitored, and focused on delivering value

What questions to ask LLM providers and security vendors about data use, retention and costs before surprises force a change in strategy

Why stick around:

Get concrete guidance on the critical decisions and safeguards to put in place before implementing AI to protect business continuity.

Episode resources:

Ep 4: Is your Enterprise AI strategy deliver ROI?: https://go.trendaisecurity.com/enterprise-ai-roi

Securing the AI enterprise (2026 study): https://go.trendaisecurity.com/global-ai-study

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About AI Security Brief

AI Security Brief is where security and technology leaders come to get ahead. Join us for real conversations on the AI trends, threats, and decisions that can't wait.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™ empowers organizations to lead the future of AI with proactive security designed to inspire innovation and eliminate risk. TrendAI™. AI Fearlessly.

The “AI trust paradox” in cybersecurity goes like this: organizations invest in AI automation, then hold back from fully implementing it. Yet as attackers continue to use AI to move faster, defenders need to leverage AI to fix things as fast as it finds them.

In this episode, Tyler Shields, Chief Marketing Officer at Allstacks and a cybersecurity industry analyst with more than 25 years advising security vendors and teams, shares the steps needed to build trust in autonomous remediation without sacrificing human judgment and control.

You’ll learn:

How enterprise-specific context, not just CVE severity, should drive AI-based prioritization

Where to automate with no human in the loop, and where risk still demands human sign-off before anything ships

Why Tyler recommends tackling one flaw class at a time (not a full autonomous rollout), and how to avoid a key mistake CISOs make when communicating to the board

Why stick around:

Get a practical starting point for automated remediation in your organization and the trust-building playbook Tyler borrows from an unlikely source, Windows auto-updates.

Episode resources:

https://www.allstacks.com/

The Enterprise Guide to Governing Autonomous AI Agents: https://go.trendaisecurity.com/ai-agent-governance

Aftershocks: The Hidden Cost of Speed at Scale — 1H 2026 State of AI Security: https://go.trendaisecurity.com/state-of-ai-security-1h2026

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Dustin Childs on LinkedIn

Johnny Hand on LinkedIn

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About AI Security Brief

AI Security Brief is where security and technology leaders come to get ahead. Join us for real conversations on the AI trends, threats, and decisions that can't wait.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™ empowers organizations to lead the future of AI with proactive security designed to inspire innovation and eliminate risk. TrendAI™. AI Fearlessly.

In traditional IT, isolating a compromised endpoint can stop an attack. In operational technology (OT) environments, that same action could disrupt control of a pipeline, cause a rupture, or trigger environmental damage.

That’s why adopting AI in critical infrastructure requires a fundamentally different security approach. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience across energy, pipelines, aerospace, and defense, Jason Cradit, CTO and CISO at Everline, explains how security leaders can move beyond blanket restrictions and establish practical AI governance and guardrails.

You’ll learn:

Why “no AI” policies can fuel shadow AI instead of preventing it

How security leaders can chart a path toward secure, responsible AI adoption

How to build effective AI guardrails around real business and operational use cases

Why stick around:

Discover how to move beyond a “no AI” mandate and harness AI’s value without compromising the safety and availability of critical infrastructure.

Episode resources:

The AI Security Playbook for Industrial and Energy

Are you ready for NERC CIP-015?

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Dustin Childs on LinkedIn

⁠Johnny Hand on LinkedIn

TrendAI on LinkedIn

About AI Security Brief

AI Security Brief is where security and technology leaders come to get ahead. Join us for real conversations on the AI trends, threats, and decisions that can't wait.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™ empowers organizations to lead the future of AI with proactive security designed to inspire innovation and eliminate risk. TrendAI™. AI Fearlessly.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to AI security strategy, and treating one model, tool, or vendor as the answer can limit an organization’s ability to adapt.

Morgan Adamski, who leads PwC’s Cyber, Data & Technology Risk practice, joins us to tackle two pressing questions: How should organizations choose between closed frontier models and open-weight alternatives? And how can they build a multi-model architecture flexible enough to keep pace as AI technology rapidly evolves?

Drawing on her work with boards, CISOs, and security teams, Morgan cuts through the “paralysis by analysis” surrounding these questions and offers security leaders a practical path forward.

You'll learn:

Why the choice between closed and open-weight models isn’t binary

How a multi-model architecture can improve agility, cost efficiency, and resilience

Why data structure and data readiness for AI are critical before bolting AI onto a “Frankenstein” architecture


Why mastering enterprise security fundamentals for AI is the highest-leverage move your team can make.

Why stick around:

Morgan shares clear guidance for making confident AI model decisions while preserving model-use flexibility, strengthening security, and helping your organization keep pace with rapid innovation.



Episode resources:

Morgan Adamski on LinkedIn

Frontier AI: The future of AI-driven cybersecurity

When every weakness is visible: Leadership in the age of AI-exposed risk

Related episode: Who governs your AI agents?

Dustin Childs on LinkedIn

⁠Johnny Hand on LinkedIn

TrendAI on LinkedIn

About AI Security Brief

AI Security Brief is where security and technology leaders come to get ahead. Join us for real conversations on the AI trends, threats, and decisions that can't wait.

About TrendAI™

TrendAI™ empowers organizations to lead the future of AI with proactive security designed to inspire innovation and eliminate risk. TrendAI™. AI Fearlessly.