Autonomous Validation in the Post Mythos Era

Mythos changed everything. Here is how to respond. In this session, Volkan Ertug, Co-founder and CTO of Picus Security, breaks down what the post Mythos era actually means for enterprise security teams and delivers a live look at how autonomous validation works in practice. From breach and attack simulation to automated pen testing to the brand new Picus Swarm agentic platform, this is the most technical and hands on session of the summit. If you want to understand not just the problem but the actual tooling and workflows that close the gap between machine speed attacks and human speed defense, this is the session to watch. 00:00 Introduction to the Post Mythos Era 01:35 How AI Is Accelerating Modern Attacks 04:10 The Rise of Autonomous Adversaries 06:40 Why Defenders Cannot Keep Up with Human Processes 09:00 The Shrinking Vulnerability Exploitation Window 11:20 Why AI Security Has Become a Board Level Risk 13:50 Three Pillars of Post Mythos Readiness 16:15 Exposure Visibility, Protection, and Validation 18:45 Defensive vs Offensive Validation 20:40 What Breach and Attack Simulation Really Measures 23:30 Understanding Security Control Effectiveness 26:00 Common Security Validation Mistakes 29:15 Why Scope and Coverage Matter 31:45 Using Context to Prioritize Risk 34:00 Risk Quantification and Exposure Validation 36:15 Agentic Breach and Attack Simulation 39:00 Building Threat Simulations with AI Agents 41:30 Autonomous Threat Readiness Workflows 43:30 Automated Pentesting Explained 46:00 Finding Critical Attack Paths at Scale 48:00 Introducing Picus Swarm 49:45 From Manual Security Operations to Autonomous Validation 51:00 Audience Q&A 51:35 Using Custom CTI Sources 51:50 Integrating Third Party Security Tools 52:05 Closing Thoughts