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By Nadir Izrael, Co-Founder and CTO, Armis Source: Armis. Izrael. The threat of cyber warfare has escalated, and government and business alike need a more robust and proactive approach to cyberdefence. Research from Armis revealed that 87% of IT decision-makers expressed concern about the impact of cyberwarfare, up from just 54% a year ago. This is against a backdrop of an expanding attack surface, with a projected 50 billion connected devices by the end of 2025, alongside growing global instability. Yet, the biggest driver behind this change is inexplicably linked to AI. The key to effective preparation lies in the very tool being used against us. Getting ahead of AI-powered cyberattacks The news cycle constantly highlights how AI is rapidly supercharging the capabilities of nation- state attackers, cybercriminal groups and bad actors alike. Yet, those threats are already slipping through the cracks. Armis research found that a staggering 85% of IT leaders admit that offensive t...

ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, has announced agentic workforce management, a new extension of end‑to‑end AI agent orchestration. According to ServiceNow, agentic workforce management enables employees and AI agents to seamlessly and securely work together to deliver real business outcomes. While the agentic workforce operates like an intelligent digital team, completing end‑to‑end work autonomously, agentic workforce management allows people to oversee, coach, and teach the agentic workforce – all within ServiceNow.  The company’s first agentic workforces support IT operations, customer support, security, and end‑user software deployment, reimagining work in the AI era. A Gartner survey stated: “Nearly all CEOs (97%) want to use AI and combine human and machine capabilities to improve performance.”* Agentic workforce management keeps people at the center and uses agentic teams as force multipliers, empowering employees to work confidently with AI while ke...