AI is beginning to free cybersecurity teams from repetitive tasks, but fully autonomous security operations remain a work in progress, according to Mignona Coté, chief information security officer, Technology and Operations, at Valmont Industries. In a conversation with Krista Case of theCUBE Research, Coté discusses how AI agents are transforming threat detection and security operations, why behavioral analytics and reliable outcomes are essential to governing autonomous agents, and how organizations can balance automation with human judgment to strengthen cyber resilience.