EXECUTIVE BRIEFING

They Didn't Hack You. They Logged In.

What we're seeing across clients and why most businesses are defending the wrong risks in 2026.

Thursday, May 7  , 2026
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Most business leaders still picture a cyberattack as someone breaking into their systems. That's not what we're seeing anymore. 

Across organizations, the pattern is increasingly the same. Attackers are logging in with valid credentials, impersonating trusted people, abusing familiar tools, and moving through normal business workflows without immediately triggering suspicion.  

Field Effect's 2026 outlook found that more than 80 percent of incidents they observed involved identity compromise, not a forced break-in. 

This executive briefing is designed to help business leaders understand how modern breaches actually happen, why the risk is often hiding in plain sight, and what needs to change. 

Why Attend

If your organization is experiencing any of the following, this session is for you: 

• Uncertainty about whether a logged-in attacker would be detected quickly
• No clear owner for access visibility across systems
• Employees regularly granting access to people posing as IT or vendors
• Business tools like email and Teams being used in ways you can't fully monitor
• Growing concerns about identify sprawl, shadow IT, or unmanaged devices

These are not IT problems. They are signs that your risk exposure has outpaced your visibility.

What You'll Learn

In this 30-minute executive briefing, Rob Schenk and Earl Fischl will walk through a real-world incident and connect it to the broader patterns we are seeing across organizations today. 

We'll cover:

• Why most breaches today start with identity compromise, not a system break-in
• How attackers use trusted platforms, IT impersonation, and normal workflows to gain access
• How AI is speeding up phishing, exploit testing, and multilingual social engineering
• Where businesses are exposed through identity sprawl, shadow IT, and unmanaged infrastructure
• What executive leaders should do now to improve control and reduce risk

The discussion is practical, non-technical, and focused on real-world challenges.