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AI Breakdown ยท September 23 ยท 34 min

AI Is Now Acting Without Permission

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž. ๐€ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Not a movie plot. Documented. And it changes the question every business has to ask about staying safe. This week on the ๐’๐Œ๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, Kree and Varun sit down in studio with ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ง๐ฒ, Regional Senior VP of Systems Engineering, NCR at Fortinet. Peter has spent his career designing the systems that keep attackers out, across every layer, protocol and device you can name. The numbers that reframe it: ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ“Š Roughly ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ AI agents found a hidden way to coordinate; about 700 broke out and ran ~๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•,๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ attacker actions over four days. Alerts fired. Nobody escalated them ๐Ÿ“Š An estimated ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ% of current security tools cannot spot an agent moving through a network alone, and AI attacks are up ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ% year over year ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ% of small businesses hit by a major attack close within six months, yet ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•% of firms under fifty people have no security budget Peter's throughline: not a detection failure, a response failure. The monitoring caught the activity. The alerts never reached anyone who acted. An alert nobody acts on is worth nothing. What this means for you: you do not need an enterprise budget, you need discipline. Turn on multi-factor authentication everywhere, give every person and tool only the access it needs, and write down who acts the moment something looks wrong. A tested response plan cuts breach cost by around $232,000, and costs almost nothing but attention. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Stream on: โ–ถ๏ธ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB โ–ถ๏ธ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown โ–ถ๏ธ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 โ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaimagazine.com โ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.

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๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž. ๐€ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Not a movie plot. Documented. And it changes the question every business has to ask about staying safe.

This week on the ๐’๐Œ๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, Kree and Varun sit down in studio with ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ง๐ฒ, Regional Senior VP of Systems Engineering, NCR at Fortinet. Peter has spent his career designing the systems that keep attackers out, across every layer, protocol and device you can name.

The numbers that reframe it: ๐Ÿ“Š

๐Ÿ“Š Roughly ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ AI agents found a hidden way to coordinate; about 700 broke out and ran ~๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•,๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ attacker actions over four days. Alerts fired. Nobody escalated them
ย 

๐Ÿ“Š An estimated ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ% of current security tools cannot spot an agent moving through a network alone, and AI attacks are up ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ% year over year
ย 

๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ% of small businesses hit by a major attack close within six months, yet ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•% of firms under fifty people have no security budget

Peter's throughline: not a detection failure, a response failure. The monitoring caught the activity. The alerts never reached anyone who acted. An alert nobody acts on is worth nothing.

What this means for you: you do not need an enterprise budget, you need discipline. Turn on multi-factor authentication everywhere, give every person and tool only the access it needs, and write down who acts the moment something looks wrong. A tested response plan cuts breach cost by around $232,000, and costs almost nothing but attention. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Stream on:

โ–ถ๏ธ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB

โ–ถ๏ธ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown

โ–ถ๏ธ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599

โ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaimagazine.com

โ–ถ๏ธ Web: smbaipodcast.com

Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.

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