# AI Is Reorienting Cybersecurity and Increasing Its Negative Impact

DevFeed: [AI Is Reorienting Cybersecurity and Increasing Its Negative Impact](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/things-are-getting-wild-re-tool-everything-for-speed-39502.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.philvenables.com/post/things-are-getting-wild-re-tool-everything-for-speed>)

Author: Phil Venables

Published: 2026-02-21T16:08:46Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Risk and Cyber](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/risk-and-cyber.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity and may have a more negative impact than previously assumed. It also questions cybersecurity benchmarking based only on inputs such as budgets rather than outcomes such as control effectiveness.

## Source excerpt

It's not often that a force appears that totally re-orients everything in security. This is what we are facing with AI. 12 months ago I had an incrementalist view of the cybersecurity impact of AI. Specifically, that it will be very significant but things will change progressively and we'll adapt to adversarial use while also using it to improve defenses. Now, I'm coming to a view that this will have a bigger negative impact than even our worst assumptions. But at the same time, it...