Even as frontier AI creates new levels of urgency—and anxiety—around cybersecurity, the only reasonable answer is for vendors and partners to come together and mobilize to meet the challenge, according to CrowdStrike Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard. For the latest episode of CRN’s Security or Else! podcast series, Bernard spoke with CRN Senior Editor Kyle Alspach about why anxiety alone accomplishes nothing. The industry needs to mobilize, collaborate and take concrete steps to reduce risk, he says. Bernard discussed the “Mythos moment”—triggered earlier this year with the disclosure of details about Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model for vulnerability discovery—as well as the emergence of AI agents as a new attack vector and why cybersecurity has become inseparable from AI adoption. Bernard also explains how CrowdStrike’s Project Quiltworks brings together technology vendors with solution and service provider partners to more quickly discover and remediate vulnerabilities. Please like, subscribe and follow Security or Else! for more conversations about what’s hype and what’s real—and what channel partners should focus on next in security and AI.