“I think waving the flag of AI is the wrong answer,” Thornton-Trump says. “I would be laughing as an executive at a company if somebody came to me and said, ‘I want to spend a ton of money on AI for cyber.’”
Thornton-Trump argues that boards continue to balance cybersecurity against a long list of competing strategic concerns, including geopolitical instability, climate risk, fraud, supply chain disruption, and rising operational costs.
“Ask for more money, but have a plan,” he says. “Especially a plan that incorporates the fact that you’re not going to get everything you ask for.”