AI Boosts Cybersecurity, Offers Competitive Edge 4 May
AI Boosts Cybersecurity, Offers Competitive Edge 4 May
https://www.miragenews.com/ai-boosts-cybersecurity-offers-competitive-edge-1666812/
Publish Date: 2026-05-04 06:10:00
Source Domain: www.miragenews.com
- 94% of cyber leaders identify AI as the defining force in cybersecurity, with 77% of organizations using it in cyber operations.
- AI is accelerating cyber threats and defences alike, forcing organizations into a high-speed race against cyber criminals.
- AI adoption in cybersecurity is moving from pilots to real-world deployment, with clear gains in vulnerability identification and threat detection.
- Learn more about the report here .
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 May 2026 – Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity and is the biggest driver of change in the field, according to a new World Economic Forum report. Some 94% of cyber leaders identify AI as a defining force and 77% of organizations already use it in their cyber operations.
“AI has the potential to shift the balance towards defenders,” said Akshay Joshi, Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum. “Organizations that treat it as a strategic capability, rather than a standalone tool, will be better placed to turn growing cyber risk into resilience and competitive advantage.”
Building on the Forum’s 2025 publication, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Balancing Risks and Rewards , the 2026 edition focuses on how organizations are deploying AI for defence in practice. As enterprise attack surfaces expand to include hundreds of thousands of internet-facing assets, the scale and complexity of cyber risk are increasing significantly. Among the examples featured, KPMG reports a 25% increase in operational efficiency in threat intelligence, Accenture cut security analysis time in more than 100,000 internet-facing sites from 15 minutes to under one minute, and IBM’s ATOM platform helps scale global 24×7 threat detection and response, automating more than 850 analyst hours a month and cutting end-to-end investigation time by 37%.
“Attackers are moving faster and at greater scale than ever before. This report is a call to action for organizations to match that pace,…
