13 June 2025

AI agents could tip the cybersecurity balance towards defenders

Nataly Kremer

AI is becoming a powerful shield and a potential attack vector for cybersecurity.
AI presents an opportunity to resolve vulnerabilities before code is ever deployed.
Agentic AI has the potential to establish a new era of cyber resilience, but only if we seize this moment and shape the future of cybersecurity together.

AI is fast becoming one of the linchpins of modern business – and with it, modern IT and cybersecurity. In a few short years, our use of AI has shifted from experimental to essential, transforming the way we work and think about work. The overlap here is significant.

The emergence of AI-powered systems is reshaping the nature of cyber defence and the rise of Agentic AI introduces both unprecedented opportunities and complex new risks. As AI becomes a powerful cyber shield and a potential attack vector, security leaders must evolve their thinking and tooling to match.
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AI’s role in shifting the cybersecurity balance

Historically, cyber defence has always played catch-up. Threat actors have been able to innovate faster, coordinate better and exploit gaps before organizations can patch them. In the cat and mouse game of cybersecurity, the advantage has been on the attackers’ side; after all, they only need to be successful once, while defenders must successfully block threats every time to avoid a breach.

AI presents a unique opportunity to flip the script. Imagine a future where vulnerabilities are flagged and resolved before code is ever deployed, where systems can autonomously correct security flaws as they arise and where every endpoint and agent participates in a global, self-healing defence network.

If attackers are still leading the innovation curve a few years from now, we’ll have missed the moment. Agentic AI promises to play a leading role in this shift.

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