AI cyber threats force 75% of firms to change security strategies

Cybersecurity teams are revamping their strategies to keep pace with emerging AI-based threats targeting businesses, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct.

Deep Instinct’s Voice of SecOps report surveyed 500 senior cybersecurity experts from companies with more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees.

The report found that 75% of respondents changed their cybersecurity strategy in the past 12 months to combat AI-powered cyber threats.

Almost all (97%) of those surveyed security professionals expressed concern their organization will suffer a breach stemming from AI.

A further 61% admitted to seeing an increase in deepfakes in the past 12 months. Three-quarters (75%) of respondents said they had seen deepfakes attempting to impersonate a CEO or C-suite executive.

Despite the rising concerns about AI, Deep Instinct found that 41% of businesses rely on outdated endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to protect their organizations.

EDRs monitor end-user devices to detect potential cyber threats. However, the report likens using EDR to combat AI as “equivalent to fighting a five-alarm fire with a garden hose.”

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