The International Security Ligue was proud to be invited to participate in “Beyond Agentic Threats: Fostering Cyber Resilience,” a high-level roundtable held last week in Geneva, hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

Part of a series of closed-door meetings, the event aimed to ensure that innovation and resilience go hand in hand. Agentic AI systems—capable of reasoning, initiating actions, and operating autonomously—offer tremendous potential for innovation, problem-solving, and productivity. However, they also introduce new risks, as seen in the rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks.

The Ligue emphasizes the importance of cooperation—also a key theme at the meeting—highlighting the need to involve private security providers, especially in developing resilient cybersecurity frameworks for agentic AI.

Cyber resilience is incomplete without the actors who protect physical systems, spaces, and people.

“If there’s one clear takeaway, it’s this: Effective and efficient cross-sector and cross-cultural cooperation is more urgent than ever," according to Stefan Huber, Director General of the Ligue. "Cyber resilience is incomplete without the actors who protect physical systems, spaces, and people.”