Strategic Focus: The Cyber Resilience Imperative For Firms Using AI
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Executive Summary
AI is being deployed faster than cybersecurity governance can keep pace. Security, access and control are increasingly delegated – at times, autonomously – to AI itself, in a shift that the World Economic Forum (WEF) expects to be the most significant driver of change in cybersecurity by 2027. Yet most firms cannot answer basic questions about their exposure: where sensitive data flow, how concentrated their AI dependency has become, and whether the most capable model is really the most appropriate. This uncertainty is turning AI into an enterprise-wide resilience issue, with 25% of chief information security officers (CISOs) citing it as the most significant driver of cybersecurity spending in 2026 (see Verdantix Global Corporate Survey 2026: CISO Priorities, Pressures And Preparedness). This report underscores the resilience imperative for CISOs, chief technology officers (CTOs) and risk leaders to map their AI security dependencies and exposures, and offers questions to support that.
Figure 1. Questions that firms using AI should ask to determine digital sovereignty
Figure 2. Questions that firms using AI should ask to determine cyber resilience posture
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Mahum Khawar
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Mahum is an Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in AI integrations within risk management software and operational resilience. She advises technology buyers and software vendor...
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Luis Niño
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Luis leads the risk management research team at Verdantix, focusing on how regulatory requirements intersect with GRC strategies and delivering insights that help clients unde...
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