Geopolitics: How to be a Cybersecurity Leader in an Unstable World

The global geopolitical order is shifting at a speed that is reshaping the cyber risk landscape. As nations realign, adopt new economic strategies and embrace AI-enabled capabilities, cyber operations have become faster, more automated and increasingly entangled with statecraft. 

At the same time, cybercriminal groups, often operating across borders with industrial-scale tooling, are exploiting widening global inequities and supply‑chain fragility to launch attacks with unprecedented scale and speed. 

According to the WEF Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, nation‑state cyber activity is accelerating alongside global AI adoption, while widening gaps in cyber maturity between regions are creating new systemic vulnerabilities.

In this timely panel discussion, a group of global policy experts, threat‑intelligence leaders and industry CISOs will unpack the rapidly evolving geopolitical dynamics that define digital risk in 2026. 

Key Learnings: 

  • Understand how shifting alliances are transforming global cyber risk
  • Why nation-state threats and geopolitical tensions are a core concern for all cyber leaders
  • What the future of AI-enabled cyber risk looks like and how CISOs should respond

Speakers

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Ayan Islam

Adjunct Lecturer, Cyber Threats & Security, American University School of Public Affairs

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Pavlina Pavlova

Founder, Critical Cyber

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Lauren Proehl

Global Head of Detection and Response, Marsh

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