Cognition

Cognition is an AI startup best known for Devin, a software engineering agent designed to plan and carry out multistep coding tasks with limited human supervision. Because such agents can write, modify, and run code inside a company's systems, they raise governance questions about access permissions, code review, and who is accountable when autonomous work introduces errors or security flaws. Coverage of Cognition is relevant to risk managers and general counsel evaluating whether to deploy coding agents and how to document their oversight.

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ResearchGlobal2026-11-07

AI-Automated Attacks Have Broken Enterprise Incident Response Programs

Alex Stamos, chief security officer at Cognition, calls the current threat environment a 'dark age.' AI tools let attackers automate the entire attack process, from finding vulnerabilities to writing exploits, in real time. A named supply chain breach at Fireworks cascaded through Cursor to roughly 5,000 additional potential incidents, illustrating how AI-accelerated attacks amplify the blast radius of a single vendor compromise. Existing incident response and vendor risk programs, designed for human-speed threats, cannot absorb this pace.

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