Picus Security Hosts Validation Summit ’26 to Address AI-Driven Cyber Threats — Picus Security Inc.

Event summary

Picus Security will host The Validation Summit ’26 on October 14 (Americas) and October 15 (EMEA/APAC) to discuss AI-driven cybersecurity challenges.
Keynote speaker Mikko Hyppönen will address how AI is transforming attacker capabilities and challenging traditional security practices.
Volkan Erturk, Picus Security’s CTO, will present on adaptive validation programs combining exploitability validation, security control validation, and agentic penetration testing.
The summit will feature a live demonstration of the Picus Platform addressing a CISA advisory linked to an Iranian state-sponsored actor.
A CISO Fireside Chat will include security leaders from a major fashion brand, the NFL, and Atlassian.

The big picture

The Validation Summit ’26 underscores the growing urgency for enterprises to rethink security validation in the face of AI-driven cyber threats. As attackers leverage AI to automate and accelerate attacks, traditional assessment cycles are becoming obsolete. The summit highlights the need for adaptive validation programs that can provide timely, evidence-based answers to guide remediation and verify fixes. This shift is critical as security leaders move beyond severity-based prioritization toward measurable risk reduction.

What we're watching

AI Impact: How AI will accelerate the pace of cyberattacks and compress response times for security teams.
Validation Strategies: Whether enterprises can effectively adapt their validation programs to address AI-driven threats.
Regulatory Compliance: The role of CISA advisories in shaping enterprise security strategies against state-sponsored cyber threats.