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Deep & Emerging Tech·October 15, 2026·1 min read

Brain Drain Is a Bigger Threat to National Cybersecurity Than AI

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Framing brain drain as a larger cybersecurity risk than AI highlights a simple constraint—defense capacity is bottlenecked by human expertise, not just tooling. CISOs and public-sector leaders should treat retention and training of security talent as core infrastructure, on par with buying new platforms.

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