AI reshapes cybersecurity strategies amid evolving threats

Cybersecurity strategies are being reshaped by AI-driven threats, identity sprawl, regulatory complexity, and growing data sovereignty requirements. Organizations must now embed security across their architecture while strengthening governance, compliance, and human resilience, based on information published by TahawulTech.com.

Ramkumar Balakrishnan, CEO of AmiViz, highlights the growing concern around Generative AI (GenAI) abuse, which democratizes sophisticated cyberattacks by lowering the skills barrier. He predicts that autonomous AI agents will become both the most powerful security tool and the most dangerous attack vector in the next 12 months, necessitating effective AI governance. Organizations in the Middle East face challenges including identity sprawl, AI-accelerated threats, complex regulations like the UAE Personal Data Protection Law and Saudi Arabia's Essential Cybersecurity Controls, and data sovereignty demands.

AmiViz addresses these by embedding security from the outset, mapping compliance requirements, and adopting a vendor-agnostic, consultative approach. Balakrishnan emphasizes that identity will become the new security control plane, and security operations must become AI-ready to counter threats moving at machine speed. He also stresses that regulatory compliance should not substitute for robust cybersecurity and that investment in people and security culture is crucial for resilience.

Source: TahawulTech