On-premises servers can be essential to business operations, but they are increasingly attractive targets to attackers. AI can help less-skilled actors analyze software, develop malicious tools, and repeat attack workflows at greater speed and scale, shortening the window between exposure and exploitation. Organizations need to strengthen security faster without disrupting the critical workloads they rely on.
New investments to reduce on-premises security risk
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