Fortinet at the World Economic Forum: Frontier AI models, AI-Driven Threats, Deepfakes, and the Future of Cyber Defense

Geneva Cyber Week discussions emphasized that identity (notably executive identity), APIs, and service connectivity are now primary attack surfaces as attackers increasingly use AI to automate reconnaissance and produce convincing deepfakes; cybercrime is becoming structured and continuous, while defenders struggle with fragmented tooling and governance, prompting a shift toward exposure management, consolidated telemetry/response, and operational public–private collaboration.