AI adoption is outpacing security in critical infrastructure
Energy, manufacturing and utility operators are wiring decades-old plants into modern networks just as attackers gain machine-speed tooling, and critical infrastructure cybersecurity is where that mismatch bites hardest. Awareness of the risk is widespread, but action in many sectors is still lagging.
That gap is now the central problem for security leaders at industrial companies, where AI is being adopted to operate plant and grid systems faster than it is being secured. The next phase of defense will be built around people and software working in tandem, according to David Cooper (pictured, left), Americas cybersecurity growth leader at Ernst & Young Global Ltd.
“There’s a recognition that the future of cybersecurity is humans and agents operating at a speed we’ve never seen,” Cooper said. “What we heard from George Kurtz and Jensen and all the group in the keynote was all focused on how do we help defenders accelerate and get parity with the attackers. That’s where all of our clients are looking and that’s where they need to go.”
Cooper and Payal Thakkar (right), Americas industrials and energy cybersecurity leader at EY, spoke with theCUBE’s Dave Vellante and Rebecca Knight at Fal.Con, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. (* Disclosure below.)
