Why AI changed the threat model for travel technology

In an interview, Devon Bryan, SVP and Global CSO at Booking Holdings, reflects on his security leadership journey and outlines the unique, interconnected risks in the travel industry—identity, payments, loyalty ecosystems, third-party integrations—and how generative AI has expanded threat modeling to include prompt injection, model access, synthetic identity fraud, and shadow AI; he emphasizes resilience, layered defenses, and judgement-driven leadership over purely technical responses.