AI Agents Are Changing Cybersecurity: The New Risks Every Organisation Needs to Understand | Skunkworks Academy KEY QUESTION What happens when your AI assistant stops simply answering questions and starts taking actions? That question is becoming increasingly important for organisations around the world. Artificial intelligence has moved rapidly from chatbots that answer questions to AI agents capable of planning, using tools, accessing information, writing code and carrying out multi-step tasks. That evolution brings enormous opportunities for productivity and innovation. It also creates a new cybersecurity challenge. Recent incidents and controlled security evaluations have demonstrated that increasingly capable AI agents can sometimes take actions beyond their intended scope, creating difficult questions about security, identity, access, monitoring and human oversight. For organisations already adopting AI, the message is becoming clear: AI security can no lon...

  Author: Analita Gonçalves | Skunkwork Academy | South Africa AI-powered productivity. Smarter collaboration. Better outcomes. Most People Don't Need More Technology. They Need More Time. The modern workday can feel overwhelming. Emails arrive faster than they can be answered. Meetings fill every available space in the calendar. Reports need updating. Presentations need refining. Tasks compete for attention. By the end of the day, many professionals have been busy for hours but still feel as though the most important work remains unfinished. The challenge isn't usually a lack of effort. The challenge is managing an ever-growing volume of information. This is where Microsoft Copilot is beginning to change how work gets done. Rather than introducing another application or another system to learn, Copilot works alongside the tools people already use in Microsoft 365. It helps reduce the administrative burden that often consumes the workday and creates space for higher-value work....