The ‘Mythos moment’ has already passed. Now comes the hard part for cybersecurity

AI-accelerated attacks are moving from hype to operational reality, with frontier models now able to chain reconnaissance, exploitation, and privilege escalation at machine speed. For CIOs, the business implication is clear: traditional patch-and-pray security and week-long remediation cycles are no longer viable, and IT must shift toward continuous exposure management, threat-intelligence-driven prioritization, and automated response to reduce enterprise risk and downtime. Organizations that can use AI defensively to find, triage, and fix vulnerabilities faster will be better positioned to protect critical systems, customer trust, and business continuity.