KEYNOTE: War Stories from 170k Production Cyber Attacks: Legacy Offense Misses the Modern Threat

Keith Poyser, VP for EMEA at Horizon3.ai, brings decades of cybersecurity leadership to this session, where he challenges outdated pentesting models and introduces a more scalable, attacker-like approach to offensive security. Join Keith as he explores why legacy approaches are failing — and how autonomous pentesting is reshaping modern defense strategies.

• Outdated by Design: Traditional pentests provide a one-time snapshot — often stale by the time the final report is in hand.
• Limited Scope: Static, point-in-time tests can’t keep pace with constantly shifting attack surfaces and evolving threats.
• Reactive, Not Preventive: Too many organizations are learning about their weaknesses after a breach, rather than continuously exposing and fixing exploitable attack paths.
• A New Approach: Autonomous Pentesting: Scalable, continuous, and grounded in real-world adversary behavior — autonomous pentesting delivers offensive security that thinks and acts like an attacker, every day.