AI's Expanding Role in Insider Threats

Google's Roobian on Why Financial Firms Must Strengthen Visibility and AI Defenses Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • November 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence has transformed both offense and defense in cybersecurity. In financial services, AI-driven social engineering and deepfake tactics are helping adversaries bypass traditional safeguards and gain insider access.

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Ryan Roobian, global security architect at Google Cloud Security, said adversaries are using AI to lower the barrier for complex attacks. This technology allows even low-skilled threat actors to achieve advanced results, making incidents harder to detect and contain.

"The more you're open, transparent and collaborative around that particular incident, the response and recovery of it, the better off you as an organization will be," Roobian said.

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group at the Fraud and Financial Services Summit in New York, Roobian also discussed:

• Why AI-driven ...