AI threats are everywhere. A risk-first CISO decides what to prioritize

AI creates a dual security challenge: attackers use it to automate phishing, speed up reconnaissance (gathering information about targets), and develop exploits faster, while inside organizations, employees are uploading sensitive data to unprotected consumer AI platforms through personal accounts that bypass security controls. CISOs should prioritize risks based on business impact rather than trying to secure everything at once, focusing especially on internal threats like unsecured employee AI usage, autonomous agents with minimal oversight, and stolen API keys (authentication credentials for accessing services) being abused for fraudulent billing.