Cybersecurity and Capacity Building in the Frontier AI Era (tentative)

DAY 1

9:00-
9:55

Frontier AI is beginning to fundamentally change the speed and scale of cybersecurity. Vulnerabilities that once required significant human expertise and time to discover, analyse, and exploit can increasingly be identified, chained, and weaponised with the assistance of advanced AI models. This shift is compressing the traditional vulnerability management and attack lifecycle. The window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation may shrink from days or hours to minutes — or even disappear altogether. At the same time, defenders face a growing volume of vulnerabilities, AI-generated reports, legacy systems that cannot be patched quickly, and organisational processes that still operate at human speed. How should cybersecurity change when attackers can operate at machine speed? Drawing on ENISA’s recent work on cybersecurity in the Frontier AI era, this talk will examine the structural challenges this transition creates for vulnerability management, incident response, secure software development, and security operations. It will also explore how defenders can respond through faster risk-based prioritisation, automation, AI-assisted defence, assume-breached architectures, and “Cybersecurity as Code.” The fundamentals of cybersecurity remain essential — but the speed at which we apply them may have to change dramatically.

Location :
- Track 1(HALL B)
Category :
- Keynote
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Speakers

Christian Van Heurck

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Christian Van Heurck is Deputy Head of the Capacity Building Unit at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
Before joining ENISA, he served as Coordinator of CERT.be, Belgium's national Computer Emergency Response Team, where he worked on incident response, information sharing, and cooperation within the national and international CSIRT community.
At ENISA, Christian has been extensively involved in cybersecurity capacity building, exercises, training, and preparedness, including large-scale initiatives such as Cyber Europe. His work focuses on strengthening Europe's operational cybersecurity capabilities and resilience in response to an evolving threat landscape.
More recently, he has contributed to ENISA's work on cybersecurity in the frontier AI era, addressing how defenders, authorities, and service providers can prepare for increasingly automated, machine-speed cyber threats.

Christian Van Heurck is Deputy Head of the Capacity Building Unit at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
Before joining ENISA, he served as Coordinator of CERT.be, Belgium's national Computer Emergency Response Team, where he worked on incident response, information sharing, and cooperation within the national and international CSIRT community.
At ENISA, Christian has been extensively involved in cybersecurity capacity building, exercises, training, and preparedness, including large-scale initiatives such as Cyber Europe. His work focuses on strengthening Europe's operational cybersecurity capabilities and resilience in response to an evolving threat landscape.
More recently, he has contributed to ENISA's work on cybersecurity in the frontier AI era, addressing how defenders, authorities, and service providers can prepare for increasingly automated, machine-speed cyber threats.
Ioannis Agrafiotis

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Dr Ioannis Agrafiotis is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, with more than 17 years of experience in cybersecurity research and consulting.
His work spans cyber risk and resilience, incident response, cybersecurity capacity building, cyber insurance, and the use of AI in cybersecurity.
He previously worked at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) as a capacity-building expert, where he led the organisation of European and international Capture-the-Flag challenges.
Ioannis has advised governments and organisations on cybersecurity governance and technical controls and has delivered training to IT and cybersecurity professionals. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Warwick.

Dr Ioannis Agrafiotis is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, with more than 17 years of experience in cybersecurity research and consulting.
His work spans cyber risk and resilience, incident response, cybersecurity capacity building, cyber insurance, and the use of AI in cybersecurity.
He previously worked at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) as a capacity-building expert, where he led the organisation of European and international Capture-the-Flag challenges.
Ioannis has advised governments and organisations on cybersecurity governance and technical controls and has delivered training to IT and cybersecurity professionals. He holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Warwick.

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