Organizations that have not adopted an offensive-security operating mode (continuous attack-surface validation, AI-augmented internal vulnerability discovery, standing threat-hunting, deception, counter-AI controls) by Q4 2026 will show measurably wider mean-time-to-detect for AI-assisted attackers than peers that have, in industry-survey data published in late 2026 and early 2027.

The clockspeed-asymmetry sequel to AM-104. Three review checks: dwell-time variable in M-Trends/DBIR/Ponemon, analyst-framework citation of offensive-security operating mode, named-incident evidence of AI-cadence intrusion defeating human-cadence detection. None moved → Partial. One or two → Holds. All three → Strengthened.