As organizations push return-to-office (RTO) mandates and chase efficiency, many security teams are quietly accumulating debt they don’t know how to unwind. 26:00 – 33:30 | AI adoption: risk appetite vs. realityBlocking vs. observing AI use, data leakage concerns, contractual controls, and why AI security is often just relabeled AppSec. 41:00 – 50:30 | Workforce erosion and the efficiency trapJunior analyst displacement, automation myths, and why eliminating entry-level roles creates long-term security debt. Security debt didn’t disappearMuch of what security teams are struggling with today isn’t new. Efficiency pressure is reshaping security teams in the wrong directionAs organizations push for efficiency gains, security teams are increasingly evaluated as cost centers rather than risk mitigators.