Business leaders warn AI threats will test resilience in 2026

Business Leaders Warn AI Threats Will Test Resilience in 2026

Companies are increasingly integrating artificial intelligence at all levels of their operations, but concerns are rising about its potential role in facilitating data breaches. International consultancy Talan published a report revealing that over 75% of business leaders expect AI to become central to cyber-threat tactics within the next year.

Benefits and Challenges of Digital Connectivity

Digital connectivity has long been regarded as a key advantage, allowing professionals to conduct business instantly with mere clicks. This connectivity enables rapid responses to global trends and crises, while also reducing time spent on repetitive tasks and administrative work.

Major Risks from Consolidated Infrastructure

However, this progress comes with significant risks, particularly as a handful of enormous companies dominate the infrastructure that supports it. A clear example is the October outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud platform owned by Amazon, which affected countless applications and organizations worldwide.

"Having embedded itself within the very fabric of cloud-based computing – the infrastructure that underpins the delivery of the IT systems which is now so much a part of everyday life – when it encountered 'significant error rates for requests,' this had an impact on apps and organisations of every shape and size."

This incident illustrates how a single failure in a dominant cloud provider can disrupt a broad range of services and businesses globally.

Summary

While AI offers vast advantages, its growing role in cyber threats and dependence on concentrated digital infrastructure present critical challenges for business resilience in 2026.

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Consultancy.uk — 2025-11-06