The Year of the Agent: AI Threats and Defenses that Defined 2025 and What’s Coming in 2026

December

2025

10:00 pm

Mateo Rojas-Carulla

Co-Founder of Lakera & Head of Research, AI Agent Security

David Haber

VP of AI Security & Co-Founder of Lakera

Ken Huang

Co-Chair AI Safety Working Group at Cloud Security Alliance.

Tarik Bennett

Solutions Engineer

Steve Giguere

Principal AI Security Advocate

DJ Graffiti

Host

Attackers didn’t just scale their operations in 2025. They learned, adapted, and automated.

This session takes a close look at how AI-driven threats changed the game, what defenses held up under pressure, and what the data suggests we’ll face in 2026.

The landscape is shifting faster than most teams realize.

Join us for a 45-minute, data-grounded discussion on how AI is reshaping both offense and defense, and what these patterns reveal about the year ahead.

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Agenda

The 2025 data unpacked. Our Head of Research, Mateo Rojas-Carulla, will share findings from covering the top attack types across Lakera Guard, intent shifts, and exploitation trends across the past year.
How the defenses responded. A behind-the-scenes look at how Guard identified and stopped these attacks in real time, including examples of automated detection in production.
Practitioner perspectives. We’ll hear from security leaders who spent the past year responding to real attacks, sharing what surprised them, what changed inside their organizations, and how they’re preparing for 2026.
A look ahead to 2026. Ken Huang, Co-Chair of the AI Organizational Responsibility Working Group, joins to explore where attacker automation is heading, how agentic systems are evolving, and what defenders should prepare for next.

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Speakers

Mateo Rojas-Carulla

Co-Founder of Lakera & Head of Research, AI Agent Security

Dr. Mateo Rojas-Carulla is the Co-Founder of Lakera and Head of Research, AI Agent Security at Check Point. With over 10 years of experience in artificial intelligence, Mateo has worked on building large language models in the industry and conducted leading AI research at Meta’s FAIR labs.

David Haber

VP of AI Security & Co-Founder of Lakera

David co-founded Lakera after spending over a decade developing ML products. Lakera is focused on equipping development teams with the tools to put security, safety, and ethics at the core of AI applications.

Ken Huang

Co-Chair AI Safety Working Group at Cloud Security Alliance.

Ken Huang is a Co-Chair AI Safety Working Group at Cloud Security Alliance.

Tarik Bennett

Solutions Engineer

Tarik Bennett is a Solutions Engineer at Lakera, helping organizations secure their AI systems and deploy safe, reliable AI applications in production.

Steve Giguere

Principal AI Security Advocate

Steve Giguere has spent years on the frontlines of application security, witnessing firsthand the dedication and vigilance it takes to keep modern software safe. As AI rapidly reshapes the landscape, he sees both its potential to enhance security and the new, often hidden, vulnerabilities it introduces. His mission is to bring clarity to this noisy space, helping teams embrace AI in ways that are smart, safe, and sustainable.

DJ Graffiti

Host

DJ Graffiti blends captivating music, infectious energy, and inspirational speaking to create his trademark Keynote DJ™ Experience. Named Best DJ in Detroit and traveling internationally, he's shared stages with Snoop Dogg, Beyoncé, Eminem & Jay-Z.