Five Eyes issues urgent cyber AI preparedness guidance

The Five Eyes cyber security agencies issued urgent guidance warning that rapid advances in frontier AI are accelerating cyber threats and shrinking the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. The agencies urge leaders to treat cyber risk as a core business responsibility and prioritize foundational controls, test resilience, empower cyber leaders, and stay engaged as threats evolve.

A joint statement from the Five Eyes cyber security agencies - representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States - warns that rapid advances in "frontier AI" are accelerating cyber threats and shrinking the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, with consequences that can escalate into "major operational and financial crises," according to the statement cyber.gov.au; NCSC New Zealand . The agencies urge leaders to treat cyber risk as a core business responsibility and to prioritise foundational controls, test resilience under pressure, empower cyber leaders, and stay engaged as threats evolve. National agencies such as New Zealand's NCSC said they are accessing frontier models and working with providers to inform guidance NCSC New Zealand . Security practitioners are urged to tighten visibility, controls and telemetry around agentic AI integrations ISMG/BankInfoSecurity .