Visa targets faster cyber fixes as AI reshapes security

Artificial intelligence is accelerating both cyber attacks and the discovery of new cyber risks, leaving organisations with less time to respond, Visa’s Cyprus country manager Michael Ioannides said as the payments group expands its cybersecurity tools and advisory services. “As AI accelerates both cyber attacks and the discovery of new cybersecurity risks, organisations need a clear view of the threats, but also practical actions that speed up their response,” Ioannides said in a story by Politis . The company’s upgraded cybersecurity advisory services, he added, “combine the findings from Project Glasswing, VVAH’s open-source tools and our deep expertise in payments in Europe”.

“In this way, we help organisations focus on the most critical risks, strengthen their response capabilities and their resilience, so they can respond to an ever-evolving threat environment shaped by artificial intelligence,” he said. Visa announced enhancements to its cybersecurity portfolio aimed at helping organisations identify and fix vulnerabilities more effectively. The company is unveiling the next evolution of the Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness (VVAH) , its open-source, model-agnostic framework, which is designed to help organisations significantly reduce the Mean Time to Adapt (MTTA) , the time between the discovery and resolution of attack paths. According to Visa, some resolutions can now be reduced from weeks to hours . At the same time, Visa is expanding its Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) Cybersecurity Advisory Practice , introducing new services designed to help clients assess risk, prioritise remediation efforts and strengthen resilience as the threat environment continues to evolve. “AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, which…