AI reshapes cybersecurity workforce priorities as IT teams brace for new risks

Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity operations , workforce development, and enterprise risk management, according to separate research reports from Hack The Box and ISC2 , which found that organizations are embracing AI security tools while they are also preparing for new AI-enabled threats. Hack The Box’s Cybersecurity Workforce Intelligence Report found that AI penetration testing now ranks among the top global cybersecurity training priorities, while ISC2’s latest workforce research shows AI is viewed as both the technology most likely to improve security and the one most likely to increase risk. “AI is creating a divide between teams that can operationalize it and those that can’t, and that divide directly translates into risk,” said Haris Pylarinos , founder and CEO of Hack The Box, in a statement . “For CISOs, the challenge is ensuring their teams can operate effectively with AI, and without it when needed.” The Hack The Box report is based on anonymized data from