Cybersecurity is rapidly evolving from reactive responses to proactive prevention as advances in AI enable attacks to occur much faster. Instead of only responding to incidents, the new focus is on detecting early signals—like new domains or infrastructure—that may indicate an impending attack and neutralizing threats before they develop. This shift has led to the development of new metrics that measure how quickly organizations can preempt threats. Both attackers and defenders are leveraging AI to stay ahead, with startups like Malanta designing systems to discover and dismantle potential attacks at the earliest stage. The industry sees prediction and early intervention as key to future cybersecurity.