Humans still biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems, AI makes them more dangerous

cybersecurity experts, including joshua corman from the institute for security and technology, emphasize that humans, not rogue ai, are the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems. however, ai makes these human threats more powerful. much of the critical energy infrastructure was not designed with today's cybersecurity risks in mind, making it vulnerable to attacks. utilities must now upgrade their defenses to match the growing pace of ai threats, which is a challenging task due to the age and complexity of the infrastructure.