AI in the UK: Driving Innovation Without Expanding Cyber Risk

The article argues that widespread AI adoption in UK organisations is changing the cyber risk landscape and requires urgent board-level attention; it highlights that AI introduces new attack surfaces across the AI lifecycle, the growing problem of unsanctioned ‘shadow AI’, and that speed of deployment often outpaces resilience and recovery planning. The author recommends embedding governance, visibility, ongoing testing, and automated recovery capabilities into AI projects so boards can maintain compliance and operational resilience as AI-driven risks evolve.