{"id":241068,"date":"2026-07-07T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/businesses-modernizing-networks-for-ai-fear-expanding-attack-surface-limited-visibility\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:00:12","slug":"businesses-modernizing-networks-for-ai-fear-expanding-attack-surface-limited-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/businesses-modernizing-networks-for-ai-fear-expanding-attack-surface-limited-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses modernizing networks for AI fear expanding attack surface, limited visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Businesses modernizing networks for AI fear expanding attack surface, limited visibility<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/ai-network-expansion-security-concerns-cisco\/824581\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-07 11:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

Dive Brief:<\/p>\n

As the growth of AI increases pressure on the infrastructure of enterprise networks, IT executives are deeply concerned about the cybersecurity consequences of that frenzy of network change and expansion.
\n\u201cRespondents cited security complexity as the most significant challenge associated with AI-driven network demand,\u201d Cisco said in a recent report about that network demand.
\nSecurity concerns represent \u201ca direct barrier to AI scale,\u201d the report found, because organizations don\u2019t want to expand their use of AI if they believe doing so creates hacking risks.<\/p>\n

Dive Insight:
\nCisco\u2019s report offers a window into the AI security concerns shaping enterprise adoption, as well as highlights organizations\u2019 expectations about the future of AI-powered cyberattacks.
\nCybersecurity concerns were one of the biggest reasons why organizations felt they needed to modernize their networks to support AI tools, with 72% of IT leaders citing \u201cincreased security risks or an expanded attack surface\u201d as a motivating factor.
\nAt the same time, more than three-quarters of respondents to Cisco\u2019s survey said they expect the security risks of AI to increase as companies expand their use of the technology beyond generative activities. A similar share of respondents said AI \u201chas already expanded their attack surface in the last 12 months.\u201d
\nAnother worrisome finding: 71% of IT leaders expect AI threat evolution to outpace existing security controls.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re just playing catch-up at the moment,\u201d a senior IT executive in the U.K. education industry told the interviewers.
\nNearly 70% of respondents told Cisco that they were seeing an increasing number of blind spots on their networks, limiting their ability to monitor and block suspicious activity.
\nCisco\u2019s report is based on a survey of 3,472 CIOs and other technology leaders around the world between March and April 2026.
\n\u201cRespondents pointed to expanded attack surfaces, shadow AI activity, inconsistent policy enforcement, and limited visibility into how AI-driven traffic moves across enterprise environments as key factors driving [AI] hesitation,\u201d Cisco analysts wrote.
\nIn some organizations, the sprawl of AI tools has stressed security teams to their limits. One retail-sector executive told interviewers, \u201cThe issue from a security standpoint is that it\u2019s hard to create the guardrails for every possible AI tool that your organization must use.\u201d
\nNearly 90% of IT leaders report adding security controls to their AI tools, but many of them aren\u2019t sure those controls will be enough \u2014 61% said they were waiting for \u201cgreater confidence in their security posture\u201d before expanding their organizations\u2019 use of AI.
\nOrganizations using AI face a myriad of balancing acts involving security, speed, efficiency, and control, as AI tools operate at machine speed, agents access sensitive data and shadow AI lurks outside security teams\u2019 reach.
\n\u201cGaps that once caused minor operational issues can now create significant governance and security exposure inside environments where AI systems continuously generate activity across distributed networks,\u201d Cisco said.<\/p>\n

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