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CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz Reveals the Biggest Cybersecurity Threat of 2026

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Jan 14, 2026
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George Kurtz
George Kurtz, President and CEO of CrowdStrike, dives into the cybersecurity landscape of 2026. He discusses how AI is transforming threats, emphasizing the rise of agentic attackers and the importance of continuous identity protection. Kurtz highlights the browser's role as a control center for security and explains the need for dynamic access controls to combat breaches. With insights on CrowdStrike's strategic acquisitions and innovations, he paints a vivid picture of the future in cybersecurity.
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INSIGHT

Autonomous Malware Is Changing The Game

  • Attackers now use agentic AI to operate autonomously rather than rely on tethered command-and-control.
  • George Kurtz says this produces autonomous malware that reasons on each host and evades traditional detection.
INSIGHT

Attack Timelines Have Collapsed

  • CrowdStrike measures attacker speed in time-to-pivot and sees it compress from hours to minutes.
  • Kurtz highlights a metric of roughly 40 minutes, with some actions happening in 51 seconds between compromise and pivot.
INSIGHT

AI Agents Expand The Attack Surface

  • 'Every company is an AI company' expands the attack surface to AI agents, non-human identities, and data flows.
  • Kurtz warns these agentic entities act like superhumans with broad access and must be protected.
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