GRF Contributes to WEF Report “The AI and Cyber: Empowering Defenders”
Mark Orsi and Global Resilience Federation are pleased to have contributed to the World Economic Forum report “The AI and Cyber: Empowering Defenders.”
Developed in collaboration with KPMG, the report offers practical guidance for organizations seeking to harness AI in their cybersecurity efforts. To support effective implementation of AI in cybersecurity, the paper outlines questions executives must address on strategic priorities, organizational readiness, and deployment and scaling of pilots.
The report draws on 20 real case studies and insights from one-on-one interviews and workshops conducted under the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Frontiers: AI & Cyber initiative, convening 105 representatives from 84 organizations across 15 industries.
As enterprise attack surfaces expand to include hundreds of thousands of internet-facing assets, the scale and complexity of cyber risk are increasing significantly. Among the examples featured, KPMG reports a 25% increase in operational efficiency in threat intelligence, Accenture cut security analysis time in more than 100,000 internet-facing sites from 15 minutes to under one minute, and IBM’s ATOM platform helps scale global 24x7 threat detection and response, automating more than 850 analyst hours a month and cutting end-to-end investigation time by 37%.
The report emphasizes that AI’s value in cybersecurity lies in augmenting human expertise, accelerating decisions and strengthening resilience, rather than automation alone. The report highlights that its impact depends on clear AI deployment strategy, rigorously tested use cases before scaling, and strong governance and human oversight from the outset.
Read the report here.