{"id":239007,"date":"2026-05-04T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:55:11","slug":"ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AI strengthens organisations\u2019 cybersecurity, says WEF report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report\/\">AI strengthens organisations\u2019 cybersecurity, says WEF report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report\/\">https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/ai-strengthens-organisations-cybersecurity-says-wef-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-04 13:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"gazettengr.com\">gazettengr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) says artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming cybersecurity, giving organisations advantage while also increasing threats.<\/p>\n<p>The May report titled, \u201cAI and Cyber: Empowering Defenders\u201d, was developed in collaboration with KPMG and is based on insights from more than 84 organisations across 15 industries.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that 94 per cent of cyber leaders consider AI the key influence in cybersecurity, while 77 per cent of organisations already apply it in their cyber operations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, AI is accelerating both cyber threats and defence systems, creating high-speed race between organisations and cyber criminals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, firms that adopt AI strategically are seeing benefits, including threat detection, the report noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organisations that extensively use AI in cybersecurity can cut breach costs by up to $1.9 million and reduce breach lifecycles by around 80 days, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity, WEF, Akshay Joshi said, \u201cAI has the potential to shift the balance towards defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrganisations 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlighted some real-world applications of AI across\u00a0firms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It said Accenture reduced security analysis time for more than 100,000 internet-facing sites from 15 minutes to under one minute, while IBM\u2019s ATOM platform automates over 850 analyst hours monthly and cuts investigation time by 37 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>It added that KPMG reported a 25 per cent increase in operational efficiency in threat intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these gains, the report warned that cyber criminals are also using AI to automate deception, generate malware and scale attacks rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>Laurent Gobbi, partner and global head of cyber &#038; tech risk at KPMG said, \u201cAttackers are moving faster and at greater scale than ever before. 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