Securing AI for Cybersecurity at Enterprise Scale | With Mark Hughes, IBM

January 28, 2026
In this Davos interview, IBM’s Mark Hughes explains how to secure AI and use AI for cybersecurity at enterprise scale. Learn how AI agents are transforming threat detection, incident response, and identity management, and why governance and security by design are critical to safe AI adoption.
 
Hughes breaks down the risks of unsecured AI deployments, the importance of post‑breach resiliency, and how boards and CIOs should rethink architecture, data security, and agent privileges. He also warns leaders to prepare now for quantum computing and post‑quantum cryptography (Y2Q), with disruption expected around 2028–2029.
 
If you care about AI security, autonomous security operations, hybrid cloud, and quantum‑ready cryptography, this conversation is a must‑watch for CISOs, CIOs, and board members.
R "Ray" Wang
Principal Analyst and Founder Constellation Research

R “Ray” Wang is the CEO of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc. He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode and blogs at www.raywang.org. His ground-breaking best-selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray's new book about Digital Giants and the future of business, titled, Everybody Wants to Rule The World was released in July 2021. Wang is well-quoted and frequently interviewed by media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, and Bloomberg. Short Bio R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman, and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation…...

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January 28, 2026
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