How AI-Driven Robotics Expands Industrial Cyber Risk

Physical artificial intelligence powers robotics, automated manufacturing, healthcare operations and data center infrastructure by translating AI-driven decisions into physical processes, said Claroty CEO Yaniv Vardi.

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AI will drive the next wave of industrial transformation, making cyber-physical security more central to enterprise operations because digital attacks can now have direct physical consequences, he said. As factories, hospitals and other critical infrastructure become more connected, previously isolated industrial control systems never designed for modern cyberthreats are exposed, Vardi said (see: Claroty Gets $150M to Lead in AI for Infrastructure Security).

“AI is really providing the ability for these digital logic aspects to take the physical actions and make it happen, make it real,” Vardi said. “Robotics becoming a big thing, and I think there will be a market of about $35 billion in the next seven years around the robotics that is mostly driven by physical AI. And I do think that’s the next generation of the AI revolution.”

In this video interview with ISMG, Vardi also discussed:

• How IT and OT convergence Is expanding the attack surface;
• Why public sector threats are increasingly driven by nation-state actors;
• Why comprehensive asset visibility requires multiple discovery methods.

Prior to joining Claroty in 2020, Vardi was the global managing director of Centrica Business Solutions International. He previously served as CEO of Panoramic Power, a global pioneer in energy management solutions for global C&I clients. Before that, he was co-founder and managing director of Sparta Systems EMEA.