KMD's new CISO sees major shift in cyber landscape: companies may have to compromise on uptime

Pia Klinge has this week started as chief information security officer (CISO) at KMD, the Danish IT company. In an interview, she says the cyber landscape is changing in a way that will force companies to rethink their priorities.

Her central assessment is that every company will have to reconsider its uptime targets. The reason is the rise of cyberattacks built on AI. To close security holes quickly enough in that environment, businesses may have to accept less availability than they have aimed for until now, for instance by taking systems down to patch them rather than keeping everything running at all times.

The point is a trade-off: the goal of keeping systems continuously available can conflict with the need to fix vulnerabilities fast. Klinge argues that AI-driven attacks tilt the balance, so speed in closing gaps has to weigh more heavily.

The source material available here is only the interview's short introduction, so it does not include further detail on specific measures, examples of attacks, or her plans for KMD's security work. What it does establish is her view that uptime can no longer be treated as untouchable, and that this applies to all companies, not only KMD.

For Danish organisations, her comments signal that AI is expected to shorten the time between a vulnerability appearing and being exploited, and that security leaders may need to make harder choices about operations as a result.