Artificial Intelligence is shaking up the tech industry, redefining not only production methods but also digital defense strategies. Far from being a passing trend, Far from being a passing trend, AI in cybersecurity is taking deep root across the IT security landscape, transforming both attack techniques and defense mechanisms for IT services companies.
In a recent interview with Maxime Morel-Bailly, Head of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure at Esokia, we explored how AI is revolutionizing web cyberattacks and why human expertise remains essential to keeping platforms secure.
What is the real impact of the rise of AI on modern IT security?
The role of AI in cybersecurity is a highly disruptive force. In the field of security, traditional threats do not disappear—instead, they are overexploited and multiplied by AI. We have moved from targeted, sometimes artisanal attacks to a genuine industrialization of risk.
Cyber attackers are now much better equipped. They rely on artificial intelligence to build complex scenarios much faster, target companies with formidable accuracy, and automate the exploitation of security flaws. For organizations, this means increased vigilance and a need for ultra-fast incident response capabilities.
Social engineering remains the main entry point. Specifically, how is AI altering the phishing threat?
Phishing has become particularly formidable. Thanks to AI, messages are ultra-personalized, written without errors, and adopt a strikingly credible tone. You truly feel like you are communicating with your usual contact, when in fact it is a machine addressing you.
This leads to very concrete risks for businesses. The main danger remains credential theft. On the digital products we develop or manage—whether a business application or an e-commerce platform—attackers primarily seek to retrieve back-office passwords to gain unauthorized access and compromise data.
Aside from text-based phishing, what new types of AI-driven offensives are emerging?
We are seeing the emergence of next-generation attacks such as deepfakes (voice or video impersonations), which further reinforce phishing scenarios.
However, the most pressing challenge lies in attack automation. AI makes it possible to scan the web and detect vulnerabilities in an automated manner. When a flaw is discovered on a digital product, exploitation happens at lightning speed. This leaves almost no downtime: companies must patch and remediate their applications extremely quickly or risk being compromised.
What impact does this acceleration of attacks have on internal IT management?
It is a real operational issue. This automation overloads IT departments, leaving them overwhelmed by a continuous stream of security alerts.
It becomes very difficult for teams to handle this volume, especially since a significant portion consists of false positives. Sorting through these time-consuming signals exhausts internal resources and risks masking a real attack hidden amidst the digital noise.
AI as a Shield: Responsiveness and Threat Qualification
"The integration of AI in cybersecurity does not replace the human factor. AI helps us qualify and prioritize risks, but the final decision remains—and must always remain—with human security experts."
— Maxime Morel-Bailly, Head of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
Is AI solely on the attackers' side, or does it also help improve your defensive services?
Fortunately, applying AI in cybersecurity defensive tools allows us to significantly improve protective services. Our response time is reduced thanks to automated analysis—for instance, real-time processing of connection logs or immediate detection of abnormal traffic spikes.
AI also allows us to categorize threat types more effectively. It can quickly determine whether a suspicious file represents a real threat or a false positive. But I insist on this point: AI does not replace the human factor. It serves as a filter to qualify and prioritize, but expertise and the final decision remain strictly human.
How Esokia leverages AI in cybersecurity to protect your digital products
In addition to essential solutions for keeping your source code up to date, Esokia can support you through several preventive and tailored solutions:
Security Audits and Pentesting: Our experts adopt the attacker's mindset to inventory all your vulnerabilities and identify the security controls that need reinforcement.
Managed Security Services: Ensures your digital products are hosted in a highly secure environment and that all alerts are handled reactively and efficiently.
Targeted Hardening: We intervene to rapidly secure your sensitive environments, particularly back-office access points.
The Future of AI in Cybersecurity at Esokia
The convergence of AI and cybersecurity marks the transition to an augmented defense. In the face of increasingly targeted and automated attacks, combining the analytical power of AI with the strategic discernment of human experts provides the strongest guarantee of protection for your platforms.
To help you anticipate and counter these emerging threats, Esokia offers tailored support through its dedicated expertise:
Website Security Audit: A comprehensive diagnostic to map your risks and identify all vulnerabilities across your applications.
Website Pentest: Immersive penetration testing simulating real-world attacks to test the overall robustness of your access points.
Web Security: Continuous and proactive protection to secure your infrastructure, process alerts, and keep your digital products out of hackers' reach.
Ready to strengthen the security of your web and mobile platforms against emerging risks?
Contact our experts today at [email protected] to design and protect your solutions for tomorrow.
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