Security Pros Should Prepare For Tough Questions On AI In 2026
ComputerWeekly.com, December 10,2025
As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026.
For the last couple of years, many organisations have comforted themselves with a single slide or paragraph that reads along the lines of 'We use artificial intelligence 'AI' responsibly.' That line might have been enough to get through informal supplier due diligence in 2023 but it will not survive the next serious round of tenders.
Enterprise buyers, particularly in government, defence and critical national infrastructure (CNI), are now using AI heavily themselves. They understand the risk language. They are making connections between AI, data protection, operational resilience and supply chain exposure. Their procurement teams will no longer ask whether you use AI. They will ask how you govern it.