Convene Chats – 2026 Cybersecurity Predictions and Impact on Human Risk

In 2026, cybersecurity predictions point to AI driving a major shift in human risk: threat actors will use AI to scale highly believable social engineering and accelerate exploitation, while rapid AI adoption inside organizations expands the attack surface through new integrations, porous access, weak governance, and limited visibility. This session focuses on how to respond by treating AI as part of the defense and part of the risk surface, using it to continuously understand why risky actions happen, reduce friction that leads to mistakes, and deliver personalized, in-the-moment guidance that helps people make safer decisions without slowing work. We’ll also cover how to monitor and govern human and AI agents together, because when agents are connected to business systems they can replicate access and decision patterns at scale, making visibility, behavioral context, and tighter access controls essential to reducing total workforce risk.