Automation Is Not Autonomy: The Next Stage Of Cybersecurity Maturity

Deepak Kumar, a Forbes Councils member, argues in a Forbes article that cybersecurity must evolve from automation to autonomy to counter compressed attack timelines, emphasizing that automation executes predefined tasks while autonomy enables adaptive decision-making. Kumar outlines a maturity model where organizations progress from manual processes to fully autonomous security operations, integrating AI and machine learning to reduce response times and human error.