India, May 20 -- While enterprises scramble to embed AI in every pigeon hole of their business, a less visible and escalating threat is lurking below the surface - excessive privilege. In cloud-based AI environments, where pipelines cross services, clouds, and identities, a single over-permissioned token can lead to data leaks, model theft, or large-scale compromise.

In an interview, Rajnish Gupta, Managing Director & Country Manager at Tenable India, pulls apart hidden cybersecurity dangers related to scaling AI in the cloud - and shares how CIOs can get ahead by adopting risk-based, identity aware security strategies. Excerpts:

In Cloud-AI environments, "excessive privilege" means any user, service account, or model pipeline has more ...