“Organizations need to re-architect around least privilege, automate enforcement, and continuously validate controls,” Brown says. “If your policies are already hard to manage manually, AI-enabled threats will break them entirely.”
Visibility and context
Much of this disconnect stems from varying levels of visibility and context, because security posture is interpreted differently depending on an individual’s role within the organization, Rik Ferguson, VP of security intelligence at Forescout, told CSO.
“For example, a SOC analyst views one set of data, a security manager sees another, and the CISO sees something different again, each shaped by the tools, teams, and priorities relevant to their level within the organization,” Ferguson explains. “Every step introduces message distortion: Data is summarized, reshaped, or selectively highlighted based on perceived relevance or time pressures.”
