National Life Group CISO expects more vulnerabilities in six months than in thirty years
National Life Group CISO Becky Palmer says agentic AI resolves four of five SOC investigations and urges AI-speed patching practices.
In a Help Net Security interview, National Life Group CISO Becky Palmer argues frontier AI will uncover more vulnerabilities in the next six months than in the last thirty years, compressing time from disclosure to weaponized exploit from weeks to hours. She reports agentic AI in her SOC resolves 4 of 5 investigations without human escalation, saving hours daily on enrichment and summarization. She also details compensating controls such as virtual patching, least-privilege restrictions, and heightened monitoring, plus procurement questions to separate working AI products from wrappers.
- Palmer expects frontier AI to uncover more vulnerabilities in six months than the past thirty years.
- Agentic AI in the SOC resolves four of five investigations without human escalation.
- Compensating controls include virtual patching via WAF/IPS, least-privilege access, and targeted monitoring.
- Procurement advice: demand proof-of-value with your data, logged autonomy, kill switches, and contract terms.
- Victims
- National Life Group
- Organizations
- National Life Group
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In this Help Net Security interview, Becky Palmer is VP and CISO at National Life Group , answers five questions about defending against AI-driven attacks. The discussion covers why patch cycles built for human speed cannot keep up, and which compensating controls buy time when an immediate fix is not possible.
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