Faster AI-led attacks raise cyber risk for mid-sized firms
In brief
At Monaco's Assises de la cybersécurité, AI and agents were the main topic. According to ANSSI head Vincent Strubel, AI makes defense harder and strengthens attacks without making previously impossible attacks feasible. FDJ United and ComCyber MI said generative-AI attacks are faster, more autonomous and multiplying quickly. Akamai reports a rise in AI attacks and bots that better mimic humans to bypass automatic filters.
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What it changes for an SME
For a firm of 10 to 250 people, the change is mainly higher risk, not a new legal duty described in this article. Faster, more autonomous attacks can still hit your website, email and accounts even if you are not a large target. Bots that look more like real users can get past simple automatic filters. The source does not give SME cost figures or GDPR or EU AI Act effects.
What you can do
- Ask your host, CDN or email provider how it spots bots that mimic human behaviour.
- Check that critical accounts (email, admin, banking, cloud) need more than a password.
- Ask whoever runs your IT whether filtering rules have been updated for more autonomous attacks.
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