Post by EY

Thank you to everyone who joined us at The Merrion Hotel for an engaging discussion on one of the boardroom’s most pressing priorities: cyber resilience in an AI-driven world. As AI adoption accelerates, the intersection of cybersecurity, regulation and geopolitics is becoming increasingly complex. For boards, this is no longer a technical issue it is a strategic imperative with direct implications for operations, supply chains, trust and long-term value. Puneet Kukreja, EY Resilient Nation Leader and Head of Cyber Markets, shared global perspectives on how boards can move beyond cyber oversight to a Resilience Engineered approach: defining what must continue to work, where failure could cascade, how recovery will happen and how resilience can be evidenced. Boards should be asking: • What must never stop? Define the minimum viable services, operations and decisions that must continue during disruption. • Where could failure cascade? Understand critical dependencies across technology, suppliers, data, cloud, AI and geopolitical exposure. • Can leadership operate under stress? Test board and executive decision-making during cyber, AI or technology-driven disruption. • Can recovery happen fast enough? Engineer recovery pathways across critical platforms, data, third parties and operating processes. • Can we prove resilience works? Move beyond plans and policies to continuous validation, evidence and board-ready assurance. At a time of heightened uncertainty, the discussion reinforced the importance of equipping boards with the insight and evidence needed to act decisively and with confidence. To explore these themes further, hear more from Puneet in the EY Ireland Tech Leaders Outlook Survey 2026, where he shares insights on AI-driven cyber risk and the growing importance of resilience at an enterprise level - https://ow.ly/GHLk50Z9Rah #TechSurvey #AI #ShapeTheFutureWithConfidence Carol Murphy | Lisa Kealy | Dermot Daly | Caitriona Mulvenna | Gillian Hennessy