Artificial intelligence is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, making traditional, periodic cybersecurity approaches insufficient for public sector enterprises, top public sector cybersecurity leaders said on Friday.
Speaking at the ET Government National PSU Summit 2026, they said PSUs must strengthen cyber resilience through AI-enabled security operations, continuous monitoring, sharper governance, user awareness, third-party risk management and stronger coordination between national-level threat intelligence and enterprise-level defence.
Anil Sagar, Director, CERT-In, said the threat landscape has changed significantly with the availability of AI tools. Attackers are now able to create more complex malware, identify weaknesses faster and develop exploits soon after vulnerabilities are discovered or published.
“The cycle from vulnerability discovery to exploitation has…
