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.
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.
