As anxiety about AI replacing humans dominates headlines, the real story in cybersecurity is very different: the future of resilient defense depends on humans and AI working together. In this keynote, Stuart McClure revisits and “reimagines” his 2017 AI for Good thesis for 2026 and beyond, exploring how AI can and must augment—never replace—human judgment, creativity, and intuition. He will unpack how people actually think and decide under pressure, and why long-term resilience comes from aligning human traits, culture, and teams with AI systems that are built to support those strengths, not override them. Stuart will also examine how early adopters of AI are already shifting from reactive incident response to proactive prevention, and why AI will soon be a prerequisite for resilient cyber defense.