With high-profile security incidents plaguing government websites and energy companies, the latest edition of CIRA’s Cybersecurity Survey has found that Canadian organizations are unprepared to handle and recover from new cyber threats including artificial intelligence (AI). The survey comes as Canada's in-demand security professionals are being advised to adopt a heightened state of vigilance in response to increased global threats.
The annual study found that while most organizations are worried about potential cyber threats from new technology, such as generative AI (68%), few have policies in place to prevent, protect and educate their teams about the nature of these attacks. In fact, only three in 10 (32%) organizations reported having an AI policy in place, despite a rise in automated attacks and data breaches.