Cybercrime’s new era: Automated, Intelligent, Scaled

VIVEK SRIVASTAVA
COUNTRY MANAGER, INDIA & SAARC AT FORTINET

“To combat the escalating threat of AI-driven cybercrime—including malware and deepfakes generated by tools like FraudGPT and ElevenLabs—Fortinet has launched expanded AI-powered solutions to empower organizations to stay ahead of threat actors and insider risks while ensuring users, data, and productivity remain secure. Fortinet Secure AI Data Center solution is the industry’s first end-to-end framework purpose-built to protect AI infrastructures. Designed to secure the full AI stack—from data center infrastructure to applications and large language models (LLMs)—the solution delivers advanced AI threat defense with ultra-low latency.

The Fortinet Secure AI Data Center solution offers protection for AI workflows and GPU clusters, utilizing ASIC acceleration and quantum-safe security. This framework unifies segmentation, LLM guardrails, and granular application defense under a single management plane, aiming to prevent data leakage and ensure compliance while maintaining performance and operational simplicity.

THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF CYBERCRIME

Cybercrime is entering its industrial age, defined by automation, AI agents, and unprecedented scale. Defenders will now face adversaries organized for scale and speed. The challenge will no longer be simply detecting or blocking individual attacks, it will be to keep pace with an ecosystem that operates as an industry. To respond effectively, security programs must apply the same level of operational discipline, automation, and coordination that adversaries use to scale their offense. AI and automation will not replace defenders but will redefine their roles. Analysts will need to operate as system architects and decision-makers, guiding machine-speed operations through context, intuition, and oversight.”