Why machine-speed exploits demand autonomous defense

The article argues that AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos can rapidly find and prototype exploits, effectively eliminating the traditional vulnerability 'grace period' and making faster patching alone an insufficient defense. It recommends adopting a Modern Defensible Architecture—building on Zero Trust, active deception, and automated containment—to hide attack surface, generate high-fidelity deception signals, and isolate threats at machine speed in order to mitigate the new risk posed by AI-driven automated reconnaissance and exploit generation.