Using AI – Playing With Fire or Forging With It?

AI is driving a new wave of innovation, both for the Government and across all industries. AI will significantly enhance daily productivity, operational efficiency and our way of life. Yet, the use of AI also introduces new risks and opens up avenues for cyber attackers, making it a double-edged sword. This keynote examines the vulnerabilities of AI, from hallucinations that generate inaccurate outputs to agentic risks capable of causing critical errors. It also explores how AI can be weaponised in cyberattacks, enabling more targeted, scalable, and evasive threats. On the defensive front, discover how AI can be leveraged to strengthen cybersecurity through agentic AI penetration testing and AI-assisted threat detection. This session offers a glimpse of how AI needs to be secured and how AI can be used in cybersecurity operations in the future.