Impact Night — Building cyber resilience in the age of AI: From emerging threats to smarter defense

AI is changing cybersecurity from both sides.

Attackers can move faster, automate more of their work and find new ways into companies. At the same time, security teams are using AI to detect threats, investigate incidents and respond faster than before.

The question for companies is becoming urgent: Are we ready to defend businesses at machine speed?

On October 8, Impact Nights and SentinelOne bring together three cybersecurity leaders with different perspectives on the same challenge:

Michael Bátrla, CISO at Czech Technical University, with experience across cybersecurity, AI governance and regulation.

Nicol Daňková, cybersecurity leader and researcher with deep experience in Security Operations Centers, incident response and threat intelligence.

Ingemar Dvorsky, Staff Product Manager at SentinelOne, working at the intersection of threat hunting, security products and AI-powered defense.

Together, they will explore what the AI shift means for startups, scale-ups and larger companies, from the boardroom to the security operations center.

What we’ll talk

• How is AI changing the speed and economics of cyber attacks?
• What happens when attackers start operating at machine speed?
• How are AI agents creating new security risks inside companies?
• How can AI give defenders an advantage?
• What are security teams seeing today that business leaders should understand?
• What should startups and scale-ups put in place before they become attractive targets?
• How should companies balance speed, AI adoption and security?
• Who should own AI and cyber risk inside a growing company?
• What could the next generation of cyber attacks and defenses look like?

Bring your own questions

Every company is at a different stage.

You may be building your first AI-powered product, scaling internationally, preparing for enterprise customers, introducing AI agents into internal workflows, or managing security across a much larger organization.

Bring the questions that matter at your stage. Part of the evening will be dedicated to audience Q&A, so you can explore the challenges most relevant to your company, team or role directly with the panel.

Who is this for?

This evening is especially relevant for:

• Startup and scale-up founders thinking about security as their company grows
• CTOs, CIOs, CISOs and engineering leaders responsible for technology and risk
• Product leaders and AI teams building AI-powered products and workflows
• Security, DevSecOps and infrastructure professionals working directly with emerging threats
• Corporate innovation and digital transformation leaders introducing AI across their organizations
• Investors and ecosystem leaders evaluating technology companies and emerging cyber risks
• Business leaders who want to understand cybersecurity beyond the technical layer

You do not need to be a cybersecurity expert. The conversation is designed to connect technology, business, risk and leadership in a way that is useful for people making decisions around AI today.

The evening will combine a live panel discussion, audience Q&A and curated networking with founders, technology leaders, cybersecurity professionals, investors and people building the next generation of technology companies.

The goal is to leave with a clearer view of what is changing, where the real risks are emerging, and what leaders can do about them now.

Thanks to our partners

A big thank you to SentinelOne for hosting us at their Prague office and for helping us shape this timely conversation around cybersecurity and AI.

And thank you to Uppersky for supporting the creation of the experience and bringing together the peopl