AI is reshaping how work gets done—and how risks emerge across cloud, data, identity, and more. Many organizations want AI-powered productivity, but their security foundations aren’t yet built for it. As organizations move toward AI-powered operating models, security becomes the critical enabler to allow innovation to scale responsibly. In this new era of agentic AI,1 protections can’t be layered ...
The article emphasizes the need for organizations to treat security as a strategic foundation when adopting AI. This involves anchoring security decisions in business risk, unifying visibility across cloud, data, identity, and operations, and automating guardrails to ensure protection scales alongside AI-powered work. The approach is presented as a pattern emerging among leading organizations, termed "Frontier firms," that are leveraging AI while maintaining trust and speed.