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What The Antivirus And Anti-Spam Wars Reveal About Securing AI

Nobody is talking about it yet, but AI security is repeating the same mistakes we made with antivirus.

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Why it matters

Historical parallels between antivirus/anti-spam wars and emerging AI security threats offer strategic lessons for securing AI systems. This positions AI security governance as a board-level concern for leaders building defensible AI products.

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  1. Article draws parallels between antivirus/anti-spam wars and current AI security landscape

  2. Published in Forbes Tech Council (opinion/analysis format)

  3. Frames AI security as a recurring pattern in tech infrastructure wars

  4. Suggests historical lessons apply to current AI threat models

  5. Article draws parallels between antivirus/anti-spam security wars and modern AI threats

  6. Positions AI security as following established industry cycle patterns

  7. Suggests lessons from historical security paradigm shifts apply to current AI landscape

  8. Forbes Tech Council contributor perspective (opinion/expert commentary format)

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Publisher excerpt: Today's security threats are familiar to anyone who lived through the antivirus, anti-spam and web application security wars.
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