Perspectives on risk and readiness from security leaders

AI has captured the world’s imagination. But, as philosopher Paul Virilio once said, “When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.” The same AI that can protect can also attack. It can detect vulnerabilities—and exploit them.

In the race to adopt AI, organizations are also inadvertently creating a surge of unmanaged and unsecured machine identities that overburdened teams don’t have the visibility to manage. The privileged access of AI agents represents an entirely new threat vector that existing security models aren’t built to handle. To stay resilient in this “overachieving” identity threat landscape, we can’t wait for someone else to take the wheel. We must own our identity risk strategy and modernize our approach so we can adapt, respond and recover.

If you were already buckled up, maybe also bite down. What a time to be alive.

Here’s what you’ll find in this year’s report:

• AI’s potential to be an identity-centric threat trifecta.
• The shocking surge of machine identities, the scope of human identities with unsecured privileged access and the unique challenges both present for the enterprise.
• The emergence of identity silos and how they undermine business resiliency.

Protecting sensitive and confidential data from breaches or leaks is paramount to maintaining trust and operational resiliency. As always, we’ll dig into the data to highlight what’s evolving—and share the steps you can take now to help your organization make the right kind of cybersecurity history.

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