Zubair Mukhtar Chowgale, director of sales engineering at Securonix.
YOUR SECURITY TEAMS ARE FAILING. Drowning in a TSUNAMI of relentless alerts and paralyzed by a CRITICAL skills shortage, they are SITTING DUCKS for AI-powered attackers who operate at machine speed. This is the HARSH REALITY exposed by security insider Zubair Mukhtar Chowgale, who reveals corporate defenses are on the BRINK OF COLLAPSE.
In a SHOCKING admission ahead of the ITWeb Security Summit 2026, Chowgale confesses that traditional security is UTTERLY OBSOLETE. “Attackers are using AI to launch faster, more complex assaults, while boards demand proof of value,” he states. This isn’t just a challenge; it’s a SYSTEMIC BREAKDOWN. Companies are hemorrhaging data while their overworked, understaffed teams watch helplessly.
The proposed “solution”? Handing over control to “Agentic AI” – autonomous systems that Securonix claims will triage alerts and investigate incidents. But this is a DESPERATE GAMBLE. We are being asked to trust AI “agents” to defend our most sensitive data, even as Chowgale himself warns, “AI cannot be a black box.” Yet that is EXACTLY what’s being sold: an opaque, automated system as our last line of defense.
Furthermore, Chowgale drops a BOMBSHELL about supply chain risk, admitting, “Resilience today goes beyond your own environment.” This means NO COMPANY IS SAFE; your data is only as secure as your WEAKEST vendor’s AI. The entire digital ecosystem is a house of cards.
This is more than a tech shift; it’s a CATASTROPHIC ADMISSION that human-led security has LOST THE WAR. Companies are now forced to rely on the very technology that is being weaponized against them, hoping these AI overlords remain benevolent. The terrifying truth is now in the open: we are outsourcing our survival to machines we cannot understand or control. The next major breach won’t be an attack; it will be a SURRENDER.
Author: Kayitsi.com
