All organisations are driving forward their AI initiatives, spurred by the promise of greater efficiencies and new business opportunities. But AI is hard, bringing new risks, varied and intertwining technologies, and ethical considerations. Organisations must cut through these complexities to extract value from their AI activities.

Most people are familiar with emergent AI threats, such as perfect phishing campaigns and deep fake examples. But there are numerous other AI-based threats that are now also apparent: data and model poisoning, prompt injection and deep network reconnaissance are just a few of the identified threats.

Of course, organisations need to be protected from themselves, stopping employees uploading sensitive data into open models and causing data breaches. Organisations must also recognise the value of their AI assets: models, prompt libraries and source data. These assets must be identified, assessed for risk, and protected

In response to these threats, forward-thinking security leaders recognise the need to leverage AI as a defensive tool. Otherwise, the asymmetry of AI adoption skews the delicate balance from cyber defence to attack. Basic AI can be used to correlated and automate actions, while GenAI can compile incident reports and even suggest resolutions. The emergence of agentic AI creates the promise of autonomous SecOps, upskilling SOC analysts and driving recruitment and retention of new talent.

Across this activity, organisations must tread the fine line between AI governance and innovation, avoiding the perception that security is stifling innovation. In fact, IDC research shows that governance accelerates innovation, and it’s the lak of governance that slows AI innovation. But AI governance is an up-front cost, so where should organisations start their governance journey?

To address these issues – and more – join Insight and IDC for an exclusive discussion on how leading organisations are addressing security opportunities and challenges in the era of AI everywhere. At this event we’ll explore:

• What new security challenges are emerging from AI? What does good AI governance look like?

• What AI-enabled approaches to security are being considered, and are they working?

• What does the future hold for security in an AI-driven world?

We’ll connect strategy to execution, and discuss how organisations can enable, augment and optimise AI-enabled security, to drive new productivity and better security outcomes in today’s uncertain world.