What are the top emerging risks for businesses today?
This is the first time that AI-driven discovery of cyber vulnerabilities has entered the top emerging risks for businesses, following recent reports globally of AI-driven cyber attacks.
“Without corresponding improvements in governance, security operations, and remediation capabilities, AI-driven vulnerability discovery may outpace organisational defences, increasing the likelihood of significant cyber incidents and operational disruption,” Mercado said.
AI-related risks dominate concerns
Other AI-related emerging risks include agentic AI, information integrity risk, and the AI workforce preparedness gap, according to the report.
Leaders are concerned that the deployment of agentic AI could lead to decisions and actions that are not aligned with organisational policies, goals, legal requirements, and ethical principles.
This, in turn, could lead to operational disruptions, compliance challenges, and reputational harm, the Gartner report read.
