Gartner® Emerging Tech Report: AI Vendor Race — AI Espionage Campaign Emphasizes Need for Preemptive Cybersecurity
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The rapid evolution of AI-enabled cyberattacks is transforming the threat landscape, and traditional defenses are struggling to keep up. In Emerging Tech: AI Vendor Race — AI Espionage Campaign Emphasizes Need for Preemptive Cybersecurity, Gartner highlights how AI isn’t just helping defenders; it’s powering attackers.
With AI agents automating reconnaissance and exploitation at scale, detection-and-response models alone are no longer sufficient. To defend against this new class of threats, organizations must adopt preemptive cybersecurity strategies and autonomous defense capabilities that can anticipate and neutralize attacks before they cause damage.
What We Believe You’ll Learn in This Report:
- Why AI-driven cyber espionage is a critical inflection point for cybersecurity strategy
- How AI agents are increasing the frequency, automation, and sophistication of cyberattacks
- The Gartner® recommendations for shifting from reactive security to predictive, preemptive defenses
- The role of exposure management, Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD), and other emerging technologies in breach prevention
- Projections on autonomous cyber-immune system adoption and why leaders must act now
Gartner, Emerging Tech: AI Vendor Race — AI Espionage Campaign Emphasizes Need for Preemptive Cybersecurity, Carl Manion, Charanpal Bhogal, 3 December 2025 Disclaimer
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