AI-Driven Autonomy in Cyber Conflict: Offense, Defence and Agentic Systems

CyCon 2026 | This panel explores the rise of AI-driven and agentic systems in cyber offense and defence. Topics include autonomous red teaming, multi-agent reinforcement learning for offensive campaigns, AI-assisted blue team operations, large-scale cyber defence exercises, and human–AI collaboration in high-tempo environments. Panelists examine how decentralised agents learn and coordinate, how AI systems can enhance situational awareness and response, and how adversarial AI may alter the balance between attackers and defenders. Speakers: Mr. Christoph Landolt, ELLIS PhD Student & Doctoral Researcher, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Dr. Vincent Lenders, Full Professor in Cybersecurity, University of Luxembourg Mr. Edward Hatherley, Senior Government Cyber Defense Consultant, Google, Mandiant Ms. Tarah Wheeler, Chief Security Officer, TPO Group #CCDCOE #CyCon2026