The Ultimate Guide to AI Security
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Security.
What to know about AI Security
AI Security is an evolving field that focuses on safeguarding artificial intelligence systems and applications from emerging threats and vulnerabilities. As AI technologies become increasingly integrated into various enterprise operations and critical infrastructures, securing these systems is vital to prevent data breaches, unauthorized access, and manipulation by malicious actors.
This tag encompasses the latest advancements, studies, and industry collaborations aimed at enhancing security postures through AI-powered defenses, unified risk management, and innovative tools designed specifically for AI environments. By exploring stories tagged with AI Security, readers gain insights into how organizations are leveraging AI to detect, respond to, and prevent sophisticated cyber threats, including those targeting cloud environments, hybrid infrastructures, and AI-driven applications.
Stay informed about global research, corporate initiatives, and technology partnerships that underscore the importance of AI-focused security practices. Whether you are a security professional, IT manager, or simply interested in the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, these updates offer valuable perspectives on protecting AI systems against evolving risks in today's digital landscape.
Irish AI Security News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Dell hosts AI roadshow in Cork with Minister Smyth
Small firms in Cork were shown how artificial intelligence could boost daily operations, while tackling skills, security and compliance concerns.
Irish business leaders gain confidence in AI, despite remaining unease
Irish executives are saving time with AI, but the country still ranks as the most wary of its impact among four European markets.
Carbery CogniMed, Love Better win UCC IGNITE awards
The showcase highlighted early-stage ventures tackling clinical delays, relationship support and school safety as finalists pitched to investors and local firms.
Irish leaders most wary on AI risks in Expleo survey
Irish bosses are warier of AI risks than peers in the UK, Germany and France, with cybersecurity and job fears driving cautious adoption.
Qualcom invests EUR €500,000 in secure AI services
Qualcom launches EUR €500,000 secure AI push in Ireland, creating new practice, hiring specialists and partnering with NROC on services.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Security
Fortinet buys Virtue AI to boost AI security tools
Global CIOs rush to invest in AI agents, study finds
F5 expands AI Gateway to curb costs & secure agents
Fortinet buys Virtue AI to bolster AI security tools
CrowdStrike named leader in IDC MarketScape MDR study
Featured News
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Expert Columns
When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
SonicWall joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing to find flaws
AI deserves our appreciation, but only if we're honest about what we're appreciating
Adding AI to a platform is easy, adding it without breaking your security isn't
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
How AI Is changing enterprise storage security
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
The Death of the Firewall
How MH Enterprise turns trust into cybersecurity success
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Security News
Google Cloud flags AI agents' security & governance risks
Security gaps are slowing business adoption of AI agents, as most technology leaders warn that governance and access controls lag behind their autonomy.
ExtraHop launches 400 Gbps sensor for RevealX platform
Security teams face wider blind spots as ExtraHop's new sensor brings full inspection of 400 Gbps data centre traffic to RevealX.
Aziro launches Aziron for governed enterprise AI tasks
It is aimed at firms that want AI agents to update records and trigger workflows without losing oversight or audit trails.
CREST launches AI testing standard for cyber firms
Buyers of AI tools now have a benchmark to judge testing providers, as CREST's new standard targets gaps in assurance and due diligence.
FIRST launches VulnOptiCON 2026 in Luxembourg on AI
Rising disclosure volumes are forcing security teams to predict which flaws attackers will exploit as FIRST broadens its vulnerability conference in Luxembourg.
UltraViolet Cyber names Andrew Park as security chief
The appointment gives UltraViolet Cyber a CISO who knows its operations from the client side and will steer AI governance and internal security.
Tumeryk & Carahsoft bring AI trust score to agencies
Agencies under pressure to prove AI systems are secure and compliant will get access to Tumeryk's trust-scoring tools through Carahsoft's contracts.
ClickHouse joins alliance to boost AI security forensics
Security teams could gain clearer incident evidence as ClickHouse brings its trace data expertise to AI agent forensics alongside NVIDIA.
NeuBird AI sets trust model for production AI agents
Enterprise security teams now have a proposed benchmark for limiting AI agents to approved actions inside live systems.
Prem launches CyberScan for Bitcoin security audits
The new tool aims to catch Bitcoin software flaws between formal audits after a regression led to more than USD $116 million stolen.
Abnormal joins OpenAI's Daybreak cyber partner programme
The tie-up will push AI defences into existing enterprise workflows as security teams try to monitor autonomous agents and limit risk.
Wand AI adds StorONE to cut sovereign AI storage costs
Governments building sovereign AI systems could cut flash spending sharply as StorONE's tiering software is added to Wand AI's ecosystem.
Google Cloud unveils AI harness that finds flaws fast
In two days, the system uncovered more than 100 critical bugs in stolen code repositories, outpacing manual review and aiding incident response.
Nutanix, ChronoScale partner on enterprise AI infrastructure
Global 2000 buyers should gain easier access to GPU capacity and local AI controls as the firms link their platforms.
Portnox adds AI agent access controls with Defender
Enterprises can now automatically cut off risky AI agents after Microsoft Defender and other tools flag suspicious behaviour or device changes.
Advania launches sovereign AI platform across seven markets
Organisations seeking tighter data control can now route AI workloads through a governed layer that spans seven Northern European markets.
Only 5% of staff use generative AI effectively, study says
Only 5% of eligible workers are using generative AI well enough to boost productivity, according to NROC Security's latest quarterly study.
ArmorCode gets verified Claude access for cyber defence
Verified access to Anthropic's Claude models should sharpen ArmorCode's exploitability scoring as security teams race to cut alert noise.
NIST seeks input to modernise vulnerability database
Security teams could gain more useful risk signals as NIST weighs changes to the National Vulnerability Database amid surging flaw volumes and AI use.
Cyber attacks rise 16% as ransomware surges in July
Ransomware victims jumped 49% in July, while organisations worldwide also faced 16% more cyber attacks year on year.