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title: "Everyone Has a Cape: AI in the Attacker–Defender Arms Race (CloudFest 2026)"
canonical: "https://joost.blog/videos/everyone-has-a-cape-ai-in-the-attacker-defender-arms-race-cloudfest-2026/"
pubDate: "2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z"
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A CloudFest 2026 panel I moderated on how AI is reshaping both sides of the security arms race. Defenders get automated patching, smarter detection, and faster triage; attackers get the same capabilities, and they tend to move first. We dug into what that does to service providers caught in the middle, and what changes when discovery-to-breach time approaches zero. Panelists: Robert Jacobi (Blackwall), Aaron Campbell (Monarx), Oliver Sild (Patchstack), and Igor Seletskiy (CloudLinux).