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Cognizant warns AI speeds vulnerability discovery while firms struggle to remediate
Cognizant says AI can spot cyber weaknesses faster than companies can patch them, widening a risk gap.
By Felo News Desk · Published
Cognizant's global cybersecurity head Vishal Salvi told the New Indian Express that artificial intelligence is allowing enterprises to identify cyber vulnerabilities at machine speed, but organisations are struggling to fix them at the same pace, causing risks to accumulate faster than they can be removed.
Salvi described the situation as a "machine‑speed offence versus calendar‑speed defence," noting that while AI has made vulnerability discovery quicker, remediation remains limited by business processes, testing cycles and operational considerations.
He added that AI also creates a new attack surface, with risks emerging around models, prompts, agents and autonomous actions, and that many firms lack controls for non‑human identities and agent behaviour.
Salvi said the next major shift will be applying AI to remediation itself, helping organisations prioritise, validate and resolve vulnerabilities faster, but stressed that business‑critical decisions will still require human judgement and accountability.
Key facts
- AI enables faster discovery of cyber vulnerabilities (newindianexpress.com)
- Enterprises struggle to remediate vulnerabilities at the same speed (newindianexpress.com)
- Cognizant's Vishal Salvi calls the gap "machine‑speed offence versus calendar‑speed defence" (newindianexpress.com)
- AI introduces new attack surfaces such as models, prompts, agents and autonomous actions (newindianexpress.com)
- Future AI use may focus on remediation, but human oversight will remain essential (newindianexpress.com)
Sources
- [1] newindianexpress.com — originally reported as “AI speeds up vulnerability discovery, but enterprises struggle to fix risks: Cognizant”
