Beyond the Breach: Rethinking Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI
Speakers
Bastiaan Verdonk, Principal Technology Strategist, Quest Software
Bastiaan Verdonk is a seasoned IT professional with over 30 years of industry experience, specializing in identity threat detection and response (ITDR), Active Directory, and cybersecurity resilience. For more than two decades, he has played a key role at Quest Software, helping global clients implement Quest solutions and strengthen their identity infrastructure.
Aaron Smith, Cyber Security Consultant, Quest Software
With over 12 years of experience in cybersecurity across national defence and enterprise environments, Aaron Smith brings a practitioner’s perspective to modern security challenges. Now a Cyber Security Consultant at Quest Software, he helps organisations strengthen security across identity, infrastructure, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Episode 1 – Where Identity, Innovation, and Accountability Collide
Cyber risk has outgrown the IT department. In this opening episode, we explain why cyberattacks have become board-level crises with national-level consequences. Shorter reporting windows, higher penalties, and stricter accountability mean leaders are now directly exposed when something goes wrong. We explore how identity determines the scale of damage and why leaders must take ownership of it.
Episode 2 – AI Readiness and the Rise of Shadow AI: Who Owns the Machine Identity?
AI is reshaping the enterprise at breakneck speed, and much of it is happening out of sight. This episode focuses on the rapid growth of non-human identities, unmonitored AI tools, and automation that operates with little oversight. We discuss why machine credentials now represent some of the most significant but least understood threats, and how identity has become the control point for AI trust. Who owns these systems? And who is accountable when they fail?
Episode 3 – The Next Horizon: Orchestration, Innovation, and the Future of Identity Resilience
The final episode looks ahead to the future of resilience, moving from reactive firefighting to a more coordinated, identity-led approach. We explore how unified governance and automation support innovation and AI adoption without increasing risk. As human and machine workforces become more intertwined, resilience depends on systems that can adapt and respond at speed. This episode outlines what it takes to build an architecture that can adapt to whatever comes next.