A few years ago, mentioning AI and cybersecurity in the same sentence usually meant talking about better spam filters. That's changed. AI is now used on both sides: attackers use it to write more convincing phishing emails and probe for weaknesses faster, and defenders use it to detect unusual behaviour across a network far quicker than a human analyst could.
For a professional services firm, the practical takeaway isn't to panic about AI-powered attacks — it's to make sure your defensive tools have kept pace. Modern endpoint detection and response platforms use behavioural analysis, not just known-virus signatures, to catch new threats. If your antivirus hasn't changed in five years, it's very likely behind.
At the same time, firms are rightly asking whether they can use AI themselves without creating a new risk. The answer is yes, with the right guardrails — enterprise-grade tools with clear data handling commitments, a usage policy, and access controls that mirror what you already apply to files and email. We cover this in detail on our AI Integration page.