Security News > 2024 > May > Organizations go ahead with AI despite security risks

The AI Security & Governance Report surveyed nearly 700 engineering leaders, data security professionals, and governance experts on their outlook for AI security and governance.

Data leaders believe, for example, that AI will enhance current security practices, for tasks such as AI-driven threat detection systems and the use of AI as an advanced encryption method.

"The report clearly outlines a number of AI security challenges, as well as how organizations are looking to AI to help solve them. AI and machine learning are able to automate processes and quickly analyze vast data sets to improve threat detection, and enable advanced encryption methods to secure data."

"As organizations mature on their AI journeys, it is critical to de-risk data to prevent unintended or malicious exposure of sensitive data to the AI models. Adopting an airtight security and governance strategy around generative AI data pipelines and outputs is imperative to this de-risking," concluded DiAntonio.

Despite so many data leaders expressing that AI makes security more challenging, 85% say they're somewhat or very confident that their organization's data security strategy will keep pace with the evolution of AI. In contrast to research just last year that found 50% strongly or somewhat agreed that their organization's data security strategy was failing to keep up with the pace of AI evolution, this indicates that there's a maturity curve and many organizations are plowing ahead on AI initiatives despite the risks as the expected payoff is worth it.

No matter what the future of AI holds, one action is clear: there is no responsible AI strategy without a data security strategy.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/06/ai-adoption-security-challenges/