Security teams can no longer afford to wait for alerts — not when cyberattacks unfold in milliseconds.
That’s the core warning from Fortinet’s Derek Manky in a new Last Watchdog Strategic Reel recorded at RSAC 2025. As adversaries adopt AI-driven tooling, defenders must rethink automation, exposure management, and the role of human analysts.
“We saw a 39% increase in CVEs last year — over 40,000,” Manky said. “Traditional automation can’t keep up. Attackers are scripting their next move before the first alert even fires.”
Manky describes how Fortinet is responding with simulation-based defense: continuous threat exposure testing, purple teaming, and the use of attacker playbooks — spoofed back at speed — to preempt compromise.
The result, he argues, is a more agile defense posture that relies less on headcount and more on adaptive technologies that amplify human insight.
“Tech that helps analysts move faster — that’s the path forward,” he said.
The full Strategic Reel captures these insights in a sharp 60-second format, part of Last Watchdog’s ongoing series spotlighting forward-leaning cybersecurity leadership.
Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.
(LW provides consulting services to the vendors we cover.)
By Byron Acohido (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Business Journalist)
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