Bangkok, Thailand – July 15, 2026 – At the Aisa Pacific Telecom Cybersecurity Seminar , Mr. Deng Yiu, Secretary-General of the Network Innovation and Development Alliance (NIDA), delivered a keynote speech titled “The AI Imperative: Turbocharging the Network Security Evolution”.

In his presentation, he highlighted that the advent of the intelligent era drives the evolution toward next-generation network, marking a new phase where networks are increasingly AI‑driven and data‑centric. He further noted that AI is transforming our lives and reshaping the security threat landscape – threats have evolved from manual to AI, from IT to CT, from single point to pervasive threat, and from IPsec to quantum.

Sharing real‑world cases under the slide “Cases: New Attack Vectors and Challenges”, he cited two operator incidents: Carrier Y faced IT‑to‑CT network attacks, and Carrier X was attacked by hackers through infrastructure devices. To counter such challenges, he introduced the principle of AI vs AI, E2E network security safeguard, emphasising key directions such as intrinsic security, quantum security, and security‑network collaborative approaches.

Closing his speech, Mr. Deng reaffirmed NIDA’s mission – to drive technological innovation and the application of network innovations across industries – and called for global collaboration in building a secure, trustworthy next‑generation network infrastructure.