SYDNEY, July 30, 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today urged AI engineers and IT leaders to heed best practices in developing and deploying secure systems, or risk exposure to data theft, poisoning, ransom, and other attacks.
To learn more about how network defenders and adversaries are using AI, read Trend State of AI Security Report, 1H 2025: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/au/security/news/threat-landscape/trend-micro-state-of-ai-security-report-1h-2025
Mick McCluney, ANZ Field CTO at Trend Micro: “AI may represent the opportunity of the century for ANZ businesses. But those rushing in too fast without taking adequate security precautions may end up causing more harm than good. As our report reveals, too much global AI infrastructure is already being built from unsecured and/or unpatched components, creating an open door for threat actors.”
Trend’s report highlights several AI-related security challenges:
Stuart MacLellan, CTO, NHS SLAM: “There are still lots of questions around AI models and how they could and should be used. We now get much more information now than we ever did about the visibility of devices and what applications are being used. It’s interesting to collate that data and get dynamic, risk-based alerts on people and what they’re doing depending on policies and processes. That’s going to really empower the decisions that are made organisationally around certain products.”
Both the developer community and its customers must better balance security with time to market, in order to mitigate the risks outlined above. Concrete steps could include:
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fuelled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro's AI-powered cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organisations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, Trend's platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defence techniques optimised for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 70 countries, Trend Micro enables organisations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.trendmicro.com
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