What CISOs Should Expect from AI Powered MDR in 2026, According to Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas
Rapid7, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
In the latest episode of Rapid7's Experts on Experts, I'm joined by Rapid7 CEO Corey Thomas for a candid conversation about where AI is genuinely changing security operations, and where the hype still outruns reality.
The short version is that AI is already improving productivity in software development, but the bigger shift for security leaders is what it can do with telemetry at scale. As Corey puts it, no team of humans can process all security telemetry, all the time, across an entire environment. That gap is where AI can help, but only if the inputs are right.
We also dig into what this means for Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and why the market is moving from 'watch a subset of signals' toward monitoring the full environment, 24 x 7. The catch is that raw volume is not the goal. The goal is a comprehensive data set that enables decision making under pressure, with enough context to act early.