AI Cyberattacks Call for Company Preparation to Limit Fallout

Cybersecurity professionals said Tuesday companies should act as though AI-enabled cyberattacks are looming, and try to reduce the “blast radius” of those attacks by preparing employees to minimize exposure.

“Assume you are going to have a breach at some point,” said Brenda Sharton, the global chair of cyber, privacy, and AI practice at law firm Dechert LLP, at a Washington privacy conference.

Sharton and John Ansbach, a managing director at cybersecurity firm Stroz Friedberg, emphasized the need for employees to have close coordination with IT departments and know what kind of systems, protections and protocols are in place in the ...