AI Agents Challenge Cyber Security: Darktrace Expert Warns

AI is changing cybersecurity strategy, according to expert Margaret Cunningham from Darktrace. She warns that AI moves across all security boundaries, challenging traditional identity, network, and cloud security. Organizations are rapidly adopting AI but struggle to secure technology they don't fully understand. Cunningham advises a holistic, behavior-based defense tailored to each environment. She explains that agentic AI tools are "strangely obedient, but also chaos agents," making them unpredictable. Her focus is on reducing the cognitive load for security professionals, allowing them to apply their expertise more effectively. This shift means security teams need to adapt their strategies to a rapidly evolving threat landscape.