Garith Peck, managing executive: cloud and cyber security at BCX.
The exponential progress being made in AI and GenAI represents an inflection point for technology and mankind, which is both exciting and cause for concern.
This is according to Garith Peck, managing executive: cloud and cyber security at BCX, who was addressing the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week.
“The future is now and AI is changing our world, presenting opportunities for every industry,” he said. “But it is a double-edged sword, and is being used by both attackers and defenders. With every day that the technology evolves, the attack surface expands exponentially.”
The new environment demands that organisations architect resilient, predictive and adaptive defences across hybrid, multicloud and edge environments, and a greater focus on security thinking – balancing innovation with governance, automation with human judgment and opportunity with responsibility, he said.
Co-presenter Marc Nel, business development manager: security operations – Africa at Fortinet, said: “More and more, we are seeing a rise in the weaponisation of AI. Gartner noted a 40% rise in AI-enabled attacks over the past…
