Adaptive defence: Rewiring security controls for AI’s velocity

Closing the gap between tool ownership and actual AI-speed defence.

HotTopics Food for Thought In partnership with 

AI has rewritten the economics of cybercrime. It lowers the barrier to entry for criminals while supercharging the speed, scale, and sophistication of attacks. If you're already juggling tight budgets, limited resources, and an impatient board, throwing another isolated product onto a fragmented stack isn't the answer.

This HotTopics Food for Thought session brings security leaders together to tackle the real issue: the growing gap between owning security tools and making them work as a single, effective system. We will share practical ways to connect signals across domains, automate threat responses, and give your board clear proof that risk is being actively managed.

Event details

📍 Location: St Pauls, London

🗓 Date: 1st October 2026

🕛 Time: 9.00 AM - 11.30 AM BST

• 9:00 AM: Arrivals
• 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM: Breakfast
• 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Tour around St Pauls

👥 The Hosts: Doug Drinkwater, Editorial and Strategy Director, HotTopics

Apply to join