Cloud CISO Perspectives : AI as a strategic imperative to manage risk

• In cybersecurity threat detection, AI-driven systems can monitor enterprise environments, network traffic, and user activity, and help enable detection. They can identify anomalies and predict attack vectors, shifting security from reactive to proactive.
• In regulatory change management, AI systems can review regulatory documents and updates, then summarize the changes and other important details in plain language.
• In quality assurance and quality control, AI is being explored by compliance departments to help with tasks, such as executing secondary reviews with large population samples.

Organizational and operational challenges

Implementing AI requires careful planning and testing to secure buy-in and acceptance from regulators, employees, executives, and other stakeholders. Boards of directors also can play a vital role in helping guide AI adoption. Conversely, a lack of broad organizational commitment and involvement from senior leadership can limit the beneficial impact of AI.

Organizations generally pursue one of two paths for AI adoption. AI tools ...