Malik Haidar stands at the intersection of high-stakes corporate defense and cutting-edge artificial intelligence. As a seasoned cybersecurity expert who has spent years navigating the complex digital landscapes of multinational corporations, he has witnessed the evolution of threats from simple scripts to sophisticated, multi-layered operations.
The digital perimeter has fundamentally dissolved, leaving behind a landscape where the traditional firewall acts as little more than a vestigial organ in a body dominated by cloud-native workflows and decentralized access points. Today, the core of cyber conflict has shifted from the brute-force destruction of code toward the subtle manipulation

Security teams are evaluating agentic AI because security operations need faster triage, investigation, and response. The appeal is clear: AI agents can work across alerts and data sources at machine speed. However, speed alone does not guarantee better decisions. For defensive AI, context determines whether an agent understands what it is seeing, why it matters, and what action is appropriate.

Over the past years, the phishing playbook has been rewritten. In 2026, fraudulent emails don't arrive riddled with typos or bizarre requests from foreign royalty, which were easy to recognize. Nowadays, they land in inboxes looking polished, contextually relevant, and disturbingly well-informed. Cybercriminals now wield artificial intelligence, harvested corporate data, and sophisticated

Malik Haidar is a cybersecurity veteran who has spent his career defending the digital perimeters of some of the world's largest multinational corporations. His approach blends deep technical intelligence with a pragmatic business perspective, ensuring that security is never just a checkbox but a core strategic asset. In this discussion, we explore the evolving landscape of AI distillation, examining how a technique designed for efficiency can be co-opted for model stealing. We also touch upon the critical distinctions between legitimate
