Trend AI is simultaneously the source of new security risk and the means of defending against it
Summary
The fifth trend states a two-sided proposition: the capabilities that make AI commercially useful also create novel attack surfaces, and the same technology supplies the only defence that operates fast enough against them.
Classification
Main topicDigital Infrastructure & Cyber
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 3
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=5;section=Executive summary 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=55;section=The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=55;section=The AI dilemma: Securing and leveraging AI for cyber defense 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
Observed signals 3
Part of issues 7
- IssueAI security risk is partitioned into data, model, application and infrastructure domains1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAI spreading into grids, water and transport turns cyber compromise into cascading physical failure2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAgent proliferation requires real-time behavioural monitoring and dynamic privilege limits2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAutonomous cyber warfare would remove humans from both attack and defence1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMerging data and computation removes the separation classical security relied on1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSatellites are treated as exploitable computers and quantum threatens current encryption1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueShadow AI puts autonomous decision-making outside any governance perimeter1 trends · 0 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
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