AI advances are pushing governments to treat cyberattacks as routine, Western officials say
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ByDavid DiMolfetta,
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
August 6, 2026 10:15 AM ET
The remarks underscore a grim outlook for cyberdefenders showing that AI systems are able to exploit vulnerabilities faster than governments can patch them.
LAS VEGAS — The rise of autonomous artificial intelligence systems capable of finding and exploiting software flaws is putting serious pressure on governments to treat cyberattacks as inevitable events rather than rare emergencies, senior officials from the United States, Canada and Britain said Wednesday.
“Cyber compromise is not a black swan anymore. It’s just a swan,” Joseph Alm, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for cyber, infrastructure, risk and resilience policy, said on an OpenPolicy panel at the Black Hat cyber conference. Organizations can no longer treat a breach as an unforeseeable crisis, he argued, and they should instead assume one will occur and prepare...
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