Cybersecurity Dive January 8, 2026
Executives are carefully tracking the rise in AI use for cyberthreats, bolstering basic preparedness tactics and increasing cyber spend in response.
AI promises to exponentially improve innovation and efficiency for businesses of all kinds, but it’s also ushering in a new age of cyberthreats.
Nearly 9 in 10 CISOs say AI-driven attacks represent a major risk for their organizations, according to a study from Trellix.
While the trend represents a security problem, it’s on the minds of CIOs too, as they “play a very important role as we think about AI attacks,” said Allie Mellen, principal analyst at Forrester. “Many of the changes that security recommends, we take to improve and defend the infrastructure we have.”
As risks mount, CIOs...
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