The AI security tightrope: Business leaders race to innovate, security chiefs hit the brakes

As CEOs accelerate Al adoption, CISOs raise red flags—highlighting a growing divide between innovation ambition and cybersecurity readiness.

- By Jagrati Rakheja

IN CORPORATE boardrooms around the world, a fascinating drama is unfolding. On one side, CEOs are rushing to embrace artificial intelligence, viewing it as the golden key to future profits. On the other side, Chief Information Security Officers are waving red flags, warning that the AI revolution could become a cybersecurity nightmare.

New research from NTT DATA reveals just how wide this gap has become, with business leaders and security chiefs operating in almost parallel universes when it comes to AI adoption.

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