AI's Double Edge: How AI Expands The Attack Surface & Empowers Defenders
SentinelOne, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Recently, SentinelOne published two reports highlighting each side of the cloud security challenge
- The Cloud Security Survey Report presents insights from 400 cybersecurity managers and practitioners covering current cloud security operations, responsibilities, perceptions of technologies, and future investment plans.
- The Cloud Security Risk Report details five emerging risk themes for 2025 with in-depth examples of attacks leveraging risks like cloud credential theft, lateral movement, vulnerable cloud storage, supply chain risks, and cloud AI services.
One shared thread across both reports is the notion of how AI has emerged as a double-edged sword, presenting risk and opportunity. Regarding risk, AI enables unprecedented functionality, but its elevated access to data and critical position in increasing business applications combined with its relative newness makes it an attractive target for adversaries. Securing AI should be a top priority for organizations actively building AI-powered services.