Under attack - increasing cyber risk in an AI world

Deutsche Bank's cross-discipline Thematic Research report "Under attack - increasing cyber risk in an AI world" argues that as AI advances, cyberattacks have become faster, cheaper, more deceptive and more scalable, with related losses in the US quadrupling to over $20bn this decade alone. Capabilities once reserved for sophisticated actors are now broadly accessible to a new generation of profit-driven criminals, while rising geopolitical tension has made cyber operations an increasingly attractive low-cost, deniable tool for nation states. Corporates, their supply chains and stakeholders are growing targets given the mixed effectiveness of their cyberdefences. The dbDataInsights team surveyed more than 50 cybersecurity experts, concluding that many firms are unprepared: 89% agree the threat landscape is evolving faster than organisations can adapt and 78% say the gap between highly and poorly prepared organisations is widening;