Bad actors are deploying AI to exploit vulnerabilities faster than human defenders can detect them, creating a speed-wisdom paradox: organizations need machine-speed responses but cannot afford to sacrifice human judgment on consequential decisions.

While Davos leaders debate cooperation, corporate Boards face immediate, high-stakes threats: hardware vulnerabilities exploited by 15-year-long systematic campaigns, fragmented AI policies creating competitive gaps, and gray-zone conflicts that turn companies into invisible targets.

AI is forcing security teams to confront a long-standing blind spot: most enterprises do not truly understand their data. Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti highlights why data trust is moving to the center of security strategy as organizations try to move faster with AI.

Fortinet’s 25-year journey shows how thoughtful design choices and engineering depth built a unified platform that now connects networking, SASE, SOC, and cloud security. As hybrid deployments and AI workloads reshape enterprise architectures, that foundation is helping the company evolve toward a more solution-centric and SaaS-driven future.