Managing cybersecurity risk in complex industrial environments is particularly challenging, especially where failures can have major safety, environmental, and operational consequences. In this webinar, we examine how autonomous AI agents are accelerating attack speed and sophistication, creating new challenges for security teams across critical infrastructure and corporate environments.

In cybersecurity, speed has always been a decisive advantage. Today, however, the rise of AI-powered attack tools is dramatically shifting the balance. Threat actors can increasingly automate reconnaissance, decision-making and attack execution, enabling them to operate at a scale and pace that traditional defensive approaches struggle to match. 

As organisations continue to adopt AI technologies, they must also prepare for a new generation of threats. Autonomous AI agents are lowering the barrier to advanced attacks, making sophisticated offensive capabilities more accessible while increasing pressure on already stretched security teams. The result is a growing gap between how quickly attackers can act and how quickly defenders can respond. 

In this webinar, Tom Van de Wiele, Offensive R&D Lead at DNV Cyber, separates reality from hype and explores how AI is reshaping both offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies. Through practical examples and real-world insights, he discusses the implications for security operations, exposure management, organisational resilience and the future cybersecurity workforce. 

Key takeaways: 

• Understand how autonomous AI agents are changing the cyber threat landscape and accelerating attack execution. 
• Gain insight into the emerging risks AI introduces for organisations across industries. 
• Learn where automation can strengthen cyber defence and where it may introduce new challenges. 
• Explore how AI-driven threats will impact security strategy, exposure management and cyber resilience planning. 
• Understand the skills, capabilities and organisational changes needed to prepare for the next generation of cyber threats. 

Our speaker: 

Tom Van de Wiele, Offensive R&D Lead at DNV Cyber 

Tom Van de Wiele is a distinguished cybersecurity researcher, keynote speaker, red teamer and ethical hacker with more than 20 years of industry experience. His expertise spans offensive security, threat simulation and cyber resilience, built through decades of intrusion testing and red team operations against high-security environments. 

Throughout his career, Tom has uncovered industrial espionage operations, tested the security of critical infrastructure, and demonstrated attacks against technologies ranging from power plants and ATMs to ships and mainframe systems. As Offensive R&D Lead at DNV Cyber, he researches emerging offensive and defensive techniques, including AI-driven attack and response capabilities, helping organisations and governments prepare for worst-case cyber scenarios in an increasingly automated threat landscape.