ISMG Editors: Claude and the AI Cybersecurity Reckoning

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In this week's panel, four ISMG editors unpacked the market fallout from Anthropic's Claude Code Security launch, examined whether artificial intelligence is truly transforming cybercrime or simply accelerating it, and looked ahead to the mood and major themes shaping RSAC Conference 2026.

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The panelists - Anna Delaney, executive director, productions; Mathew Schwartz, executive editor, DataBreachToday and Europe; Rashmi Ramesh, senior associate editor; and Tom Field, senior vice president, editorial - discussed:

• How Anthropic's Claude Code Security launch signalled a potential architectural shift in cybersecurity, triggering a market sell-off driven more by long-term market trends than immediate product-level disruption;
• How AI is accelerating cybercrime by increasing the speed and efficiency of attacks without fundamentally changing attacker tradecraft, underscoring the need for organizations ...