Channel Insider examines how AI adoption across the IT channel is shifting from experimentation to operational impact heading into 2026. In the article, Fortra experts Josh Taylor and John Grancarich share perspectives on how AI will reshape security operations, accountability, and incident response as agentic systems become more embedded in enterprise environments.
Originally published in Channel Insider.
Excerpt: “By 2026, AI will evolve into the first responder for cyber defense teams,” Grancarich said. “We’re quickly entering an era where AI will handle the majority of incident triage and containment in seconds, allowing human defenders to focus on strategy, attack forensics and threat hunting.”
