Generative And Agentic AI In Security: What Cisos Need To Know
ComputerWeekly, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
AI is introducing new risks that existing evaluation and governance approaches were never designed to manage, creating a widening gap between what AI-backed security tools promise and what can be realistically controlled
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded across almost every layer of the modern cyber security stack. From threat detection and identity analytics to incident response and automated remediation, AI-backed capabilities are no longer emerging features but baseline expectations. For many organisations, AI has become inseparable from how security tools operate.