The World Today: Cybersecurity in the Age of AI with Palo Alto Networks

Dr Helen Teixeira, Consulting Director, CRM (Unit 42) at Palo Alto Networks outlines the organisation’s efforts to address AI-driven threats. She emphasises how Unit 42 uses data, telemetry and automation to tackle modern cyber security challenges, such as ransomware and threat modelling. By leveraging insights from incident response engagements and extensive threat intelligence, Unit 42 enhances cyber security for their clients, with an approach rooted in data-driven risk reduction.

Helen also describes how attackers are using AI and automation to exploit vulnerabilities more rapidly than ever before. She shares examples, like sophisticated phishing attacks generated by large language models (LLMs), which are becoming harder to detect. Helen warns about the accelerated speed and scale of AI-powered attacks and stresses that defenders must harness the same technologies to stay ahead. Unit 42 uses AI to block millions of new attack vectors daily, helping organisations manage the increasing complexity and automation in…