AI-powered attacks can now compromise systems in 73 seconds, while defenders still take 24+ hours to patch. The median time from CVE publication to working exploit has dropped to roughly 10 hours in 2026. The core problem isn't slow tools — it's the 'spaghetti handoff' between teams and systems. The post argues for autonomous validation combining Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and autonomous pentesting in a continuous loop, where AI agents handle alert triage, simulation, fix deployment, and reporting without waiting for human handoffs.
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