By Amy Chang,
Publication Date: 2025-12-16 17:28:00
The New Baseline for AI Security
AI is no longer an experimental capability or a back-office automation tool: it is becoming a core operational layer inside modern enterprises. The pace of adoption is breathtaking. Yet, according to Cisco’s 2025 AI Readiness Index, only 29 percent of companies believe they are adequately equipped to defend against AI threats and only 33 percent have a formal change-management plan for guiding responsible adoption.
Executives and leaders increasingly find themselves in a troubling position: they understand cybersecurity, but AI security feels foreign. Humans, organizations, and governments cannot adequately comprehend or respond to the implications of such rapidly evolving technology and the threats that ensue: organizations are deploying systems whose behavior evolves, whose modes of failure are not fully understood, and whose interactions with their environment are dynamic and sometimes unpredictable.
