{"slug": "automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity", "title": "Automation Is Not Autonomy: The Next Stage Of Cybersecurity Maturity", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# Automation Is Not Autonomy: The Next Stage Of Cybersecurity Maturity\n\nBy Deepak Kumar, Forbes Councils MemberSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Understanding the difference between \"automation\" and \"autonomy\" is increasingly important as attack timelines compress.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-m-ooc5", "published_at": "2026-07-31 13:45:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 14:35:07.128172+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Deepak Kumar", "Forbes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/automation-is-not-autonomy-the-next-stage-of-cybersecurity-maturity.jsonld"}}