Forbes November 5, 2025
Cybersecurity has long been defined by reaction. For decades, the industry has measured its success in terms of how quickly a team detects and contains an incident. But artificial intelligence is reshaping that logic.
AI is accelerating the offensive side of the equation — compressing the timeline between reconnaissance and compromise from days to minutes. Automated phishing campaigns, synthetic domains and AI-generated malware are flooding the digital landscape faster than humans can respond. The result is a fundamental imbalance: defenders are still playing catch-up in a game where attackers now move at machine speed.
That’s why a new model — pre-attack prevention — is beginning to take shape. Instead of responding to indicators of compromise, this approach targets what might...
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