Building an AI-ready security program for the public sector

Public sector CISOs face an acute tension: they must defend deeply entrenched legacy systems—from industrial controls to municipal databases—against machine-speed exploits, while the sudden mandate to adopt AI can feel like a breaking point rather than an evolution.

The article argues that relying solely on reactive measures is no longer viable, and that the real challenge is deciphering actionable signals from deafening noise without overwhelming already stretched teams.