AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer whether AI belongs in cybersecurity; it’s about deploying it responsibly, strategically and at scale. For security leaders, this is not simply a technology decision. It is an operating model decision. Organizations that treat AI as another layer added to existing workflows may see incremental efficiency gains. Those that treat it as an inflection point in how security operations conduct investigative work can fundamentally reshape their defensive...