What Is AI Security? A Practical Definition for Security Teams | Endor Labs

Summary

The article defines AI security as covering three areas: protecting AI systems, using AI to defend other systems, and securing code that AI assistants write. It cites a World Economic Forum finding that 87% of surveyed leaders named AI-related vulnerabilities the fastest-growing cyber risk over 2025, and a 2026 Verizon DBIR finding that source code is the top data type leaked to unauthorized GenAI tools.