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Industry Experts Address AI-Driven Cybersecurity Shifts at Beijing Conference
Experts gathered at the 2026 TechWorld Smart Security Conference to discuss paradigm changes, defense architecture upgrades, and new technological frameworks.
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The Brief
According to China News Service, National Digital Switching System Engineering and Technology Research Center director Wu Jiangxing stated at the 2026 TechWorld Smart Security Conference that cybersecurity faces a fundamental paradigm shift as AI-driven autonomous attacks outstrip human capabilities, requiring security integration into the entire design and manufacturing process.
The 2026 TechWorld Smart Security Conference convened in Beijing under the theme of reconstructing the offense and defense order with smart security, bringing together national research institution leaders, university scholars, industry specialists, and technical personnel to examine paradigm changes along lines of AI empowering security and AI self-security.
During the event, NSFOCUS director, senior vice president, and chief technology officer Ye Xiaohu delivered a keynote presentation assessing the shifting offense and defense landscape, noting that defenders without AI capabilities face clear disadvantages, and he released the Smart Security 4.0 technical concept.
Additionally, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Technology Department deputy general manager Jin Haimin offered three industry recommendations, advocating for upgraded security architecture moving toward combined whitelist and blacklist management, accelerated talent capability transformation, and deepened ecosystem collaboration.
China context
China Unicom Group computing network security department general manager Zhang Yunyong pointed out that cybersecurity has traversed a path from perimeter defense to endogenous security, and from passive response to active governance, adding that AI security marks the beginning of an entirely new paradigm rather than the end of cybersecurity.
Key Takeaways
- 1Wu Jiangxing urged integrating security across digital design and manufacturing to counter AI-driven autonomous attacks.
- 2Ye Xiaohu presented the Smart Security 4.0 technical concept to reshape security capabilities through native intelligence.
- 3Jin Haimin recommended upgrading security architecture toward combined whitelist and blacklist management and transforming workforce skills.
Sources
- 人工智能技术加速演进 业界如何驭智前行？ — China News Service · 10/21/2026