Advances in artificial intelligence aren’t changing the fact that simple cybersecurity failures remain the most consequential, government and industry leaders warned on Tuesday. “What will prevent the attacks in the next 18 months are the same things that would have prevented the attacks of yesterday,” Jason Bilnoski, a deputy assistant director in the FBI’s Cyber Division, said during a panel here at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. Core practices such as identity management, perimeter monitoring, cyber hygiene and strong multifactor authentication remain as essential as ever, Bilnoski said. “Speed and capability is certainly increasing with the use of AI, but the end state is still the same,” he said. “How actors are compromising, whether it’s criminal or nation-state, still stays the same.”

Full report : Government and industry leaders said simple attacks remain far more consequential than anything AI is doing.