The excitement (and drama) around AI continues to escalate. Why? Because the stakes are high. The race for competitive advantage by applying AI to new use cases is on! The launch of generative AI last year added fuel to the fire, and for good reason. Whereas the existing portfolio of AI tools had targeted the more technically minded like data scientists and engineers, new tools like ChatGPT handed the keys to the kingdom to anyone who could type a question.
Our recently released predictions report includes a number of important considerations about the likely trajectory of cybercrime in the coming years, and the strategies and tactics that will evolve in response. Every year, the story is “Attackers are getting more sophisticated, and defenders have to keep up.” As we enter a new era of advanced AI technology, we identify some surprising wrinkles to that perennial trend.