Cybersecurity Series E22: Resilience Engineered: Cyber, AI and Zero-Day Risk with EY's Puneet Kukreja

Today's guest is Puneet Kukreja, Partner at EY, Resilient Nation Leader & Head of Cyber. EY Ireland is a leading professional services firm providing assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions services to organisations. EY helps businesses navigate transformation, manage risk and drive long-term value through innovation, technology and industry expertise. Guided by its purpose of “building a better working world”, EY supports clients across sectors including financial services, healthcare, government and technology.

Puneet works at the intersection of cyber security, AI trust, operational resilience and critical infrastructure, advising boards, governments and regulated sectors on building resilient systems for an AI-driven world. With global leadership experience across healthcare, financial services and the public sector, Puneet focuses on engineering resilience into critical systems from the outset. He is the creator of the EY Cyber Leaders Index and a recognised thought leader on cyber resilience, AI governance and digital trust.

In the episode, Puneet talks about:

0:00 Why compounding global challenges demand confident, future-focused action

2:46 As AI drives unprecedented change, organizations should adapt confidently

4:00 Resilience must be engineered into core infrastructure investment

6:12 How resilience must evolve beyond plans to real-world testing

9:34 Why boards need crisis training and define minimum viable operations

13:37 The need to focus on disruption, data risk, hygiene and preparedness

16:18 How Mythos exposes technical debt, demanding urgent zero-day readiness