企业领导者往往对人工智能的潜力充满热情，同时也越来越关切该技术带来的网络安全挑战。毕马威美国公司首席执行官兼董事长蒂姆·沃尔什表示，在他与同行的几乎每一次会面中都会谈及这些担忧，因为人工智能为不法分子提供了试图突破企业防线的新途径。
Corporate leaders tend to be enthusiastic about AI's potential — and increasingly concerned about the cybersecurity challenges the technology brings. Tim Walsh, CEO and chair of KPMG US, said the worries come up in nearly every meeting he has with fellow leaders, as AI gives bad actors new ways to try to breach corporate defenses.
他在接受《商业内幕》采访时表示：“网络风险已经上升到了我们从未见过的地步。”沃尔什提到了今年夏天的Hugging Face事件，当时OpenAI表示，在一个内部网络安全评估中，一个人工智能代理绕过了控制措施，进入了该开源人工智能平台系统的部分区域。他说，目前还没有一堵能够击退每一个网络威胁的防御墙。
"The cyber risks have just elevated to places that we've never seen them before," he told Business Insider. Walsh pointed to the Hugging Face incident this past summer, in which OpenAI said an AI agent bypassed controls during an internal cybersecurity evaluation and accessed parts of the open-source AI platform's systems. There isn't currently a defensive wall, he said, that's capable of rebuffing every cyber threat.
他说，毕马威正与前沿人工智能模型开发者及其他机构合作，以提供进一步的保护措施。沃尔什说，其目标是帮助这家四大会计师事务所保护其业务以及客户的业务，并补充说他认为这是一个价值超过10亿美元的潜在机遇。
He said KPMG is working with the frontier AI model developers and others on further protections. The goal is to help the Big Four firm protect its business, and its clients' businesses, Walsh said, adding that he sees it as a potential opportunity worth more than $1 billion.
对人工智能和网络安全威胁的不安，体现在毕马威美国公司最近对美国大型企业的400名首席执行官进行的一项调查中。虽然领导者们对人工智能的潜力表示了信心，但网络安全是他们最常提到的担忧。百分之八十五的人表示，网络犯罪和“网络不安全感”可能会影响其公司未来三年的发展，这一比例高于认为通货膨胀、地缘政治紧张局势、技术变革步伐或其他风险会产生影响的人数。
Unease about AI and cyber threats showed up in a recent KPMG US survey of 400 CEOs at major US companies. While leaders reported confidence in AI's potential, cybersecurity was the concern they identified most often. Eighty-five percent said cybercrime and "cyber insecurity" could affect their company's prosperity over the next three years — more than said the same about inflation, geopolitical tensions, the pace of technological change, or other risks.
网络安全也是被提及最多的实施人工智能的挑战。它排在道德问题、数据准备就绪度、成本管理以及将人工智能支出转化为可衡量回报之前。领导者表示，他们特别关切身份盗窃和数据隐私、遭受网络攻击的脆弱性，以及欺诈检测和预防。将近一半的人表示，他们计划在未来三年内增加网络安全投资，并列举了包括人工智能驱动的社会工程学、人工智能辅助的网络钓鱼或恶意软件，以及与人工智能代理相关的数据和隐私风险在内的威胁。
Cybersecurity was also the most commonly cited challenge to implementing AI. It topped ethical questions, data readiness, cost management, and translating AI spending into measurable returns. Leaders said they were particularly concerned about identity theft and data privacy, vulnerability to cyberattacks, and fraud detection and prevention. Nearly half said they planned to increase cybersecurity investment over the next three years, citing threats including AI-powered social engineering, AI-assisted phishing or malware, and data and privacy risks tied to AI agents.
这种担忧正在塑造该事务所希望为客户开展的业务类型。沃尔什表示，毕马威正在构建他所描述的以人工智能为核心的托管网络防御业务，旨在为企业充当“盾牌和防御机制”。他说，毕马威已经拥有网络安全业务，不过这将是一项围绕人工智能构建的不同产品。
The concern is shaping the kinds of work the firm wants to do for clients. Walsh said KPMG is building what he described as a managed cyber-defense business centered on AI, meant to serve as a "shield and defense mechanism" for companies. KPMG already has a cybersecurity business, he said, though this would be a different offering built around AI.
该公司还发现，市场对检查组织部署的人工智能系统是否在按预期运行的需求不断增长。毕马威已经协助客户评估与人工智能相关的控制和治理。沃尔什表示，该事务所正在开发更多服务，以验证人工智能代理是否按预期运行，并让投资者和其他人对公司能够控制它们充满信心。N他说：“围绕人工智能的信任是一件真实的事情。”
The company also sees a growing need to check whether the AI systems organizations deploy are doing what they are supposed to do. KPMG already helps clients assess AI-related controls and governance. Walsh said the firm is developing additional services to verify that AI agents are operating as intended and give investors and others confidence that companies can control them. "Trust around AI is a real thing," he said.