AI is changing cybersecurity and businesses must wake up to the threat

2024-08-10 -

Threat actors are starting to use artificial intelligence, but too many executives aren`t prepared for the risks. Corporate boardrooms must become better coordinated and urgent when they address cybersecurity issues, as threat actors turn to artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their game. A board`s primary role is to grow and safeguard the company`s interests alongside its management team

With digital so integral in many organizations today, cybersecurity must form part of a board`s growth strategy, Clifford Capital chairman Sanjiv Misra said during a panel discussion at Istari Global`s Charter Asia-Pacific Cyber Congress in Singapore. Without cybersecurity, a board`s ability to grow the business will be severely compromised, Misra said. Fellow panelist Ensign InfoSecurity chairman Lee Fook Sun concurred, noting the connection between physical and cyber realms. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, for example, have pushed up the number of online threat activities, driven by hacktivism and nation-state attacks.