The AI Cybersecurity Challenge: Protecting UK Enterprises from the Next Generation of Attacks

Today, AI is influencing both the defense and offense sides of the cyber security battle. It's being employed by attackers to advance phishing, social engineering, deepfakes, and reconnaissance efforts and by security teams to enhance threat detection, incident response and everyday operations.

This live executive briefing provides a UK-focused, clear and practical view on where AI is truly driving enterprise cyber risk — and how it can be leveraged to help protect against it. Participants will gain insight into the use of AI and Generative AI in various aspects of SOC operations, including threat hunting, log analysis, vulnerability assessment, reporting, and GRC workflows.

The session also details how attackers are leveraging AI to launch more sophisticated phishing attacks, deepfakes, social engineering and automated Reconnaissance, so security and IT leaders can identify them before they get to their organisation. As organisations modernise their security posture, the briefing aims to guide them as they consider the interplay of AI adoption with the UK regulatory framework: GDPR, NCSC guidance, NIS2, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how AI is changing the threat landscape and modern cyber defence.
• Identify practical uses of AI and Generative AI across threat detection, SOC operations and threat hunting.
• Understand AI-enabled phishing, social engineering, deepfakes and automated reconnaissance.
• Explore practical GenAI use cases including log analysis, vulnerability analysis, reporting and GRC workflows.
• Understand UK-relevant considerations including GDPR, NCSC guidance, NIS2, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001.
• Create a practical roadmap for introducing AI into existing security infrastructure without compromising data privacy