CTI in the AI Arms Race: Building Resilient, Adaptive Intelligence Platforms for 2026

As adversaries harness AI to deploy polymorphic malware, agentic automation, and high-speed deception, defenders must respond with intelligent, explainable, and resilient threat intelligence systems. The CTI market—projected to grow from $14.1 billion in 2025 to $29.5 billion by 2029—is rapidly transitioning toward consolidated, cloud-native XDR platforms and autonomous detection pipelines. Simultaneously, ethical AI, regulatory compliance, and post-compromise resilience elevate the stakes.

Join Ismael Valenzuela, SANS Author and Senior Instructor, as he chairs this year’s CTI Solutions Track, bringing together innovators and practitioners to explore how CTI can evolve from static reporting to autonomous, actionable intelligence. Together, we’ll examine how to design LLM-assisted pipelines, integrate threat intelligence into incident response automation, ensure transparency and AI ethics, and adapt to regulatory mandates.

Through vendor showcases, demo panels, and hands-on sessions, participants will gain the tools and strategies needed to architect CTI systems that are not only smart, but resilient, responsible, and future-proof.