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 Traditional technical defense perimeters are no longer sufficient to stop modern financial fraud and cyber incursions, warns Ashraf Abdel Hamid, Senior Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) at iExperts. Speaking during a specialized panel on "Phishing in the AI Era," Abdel Hamid emphasized that artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered the threat landscape. Attackers are shifting away from static, mass-email campaigns to deploy dynamic, AI-driven operations that analyze corporate structures and human behavior to craft highly persuasive scams.

Abdel Hamid pointed out that building resilience in 2026 requires organizations to treat cyber risks as fluid, constantly evolving scenarios rather than fixed checklists. "Success is no longer measured by having passive security systems, but by instituting integrated organizational awareness, live breach simulation, and continuous risk evaluation," he stated. As cybercriminals leverage social engineering alongside algorithmic model improvements, corporate governance must pivot toward proactive human firewall training to counter these multi-layered, automated exploits effectively.