{"id":432,"date":"2025-05-27T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexaya.online\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:00:47","slug":"ai-tops-cybersecurity-concerns-for-moroccan-businesses-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexaya.online\/blog\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"AI tops cybersecurity concerns for Moroccan businesses in 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rabat \u2014 Artificial intelligence is now the top cybersecurity concern for Moroccan organizations, overtaking cloud-related risks. This is one of the key takeaways from the 2025 \u201cAusim\u00e8tre\u201d report, conducted by the Moroccan Association of Information Systems Users (AUSIM) in partnership with PwC.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual survey reveals a growing sense of unease around AI-driven threats, with one in three companies saying AI has increased their attack surface. Targeted attacks like deepfakes, AI-generated phishing, and self-morphing malware are putting pressure on security teams across sectors.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, many organizations are still playing catch-up.&nbsp;<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>42%<\/strong>\u202fof businesses say they don\u2019t have internal policies guiding the use of generative AI.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Another\u202f<strong>42%<\/strong>\u202fadmit employees haven\u2019t been trained to use it safely.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>And\u202f<strong>36%<\/strong>\u202freveal that staff are using AI tools without any supervision at all.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior cybersecurity official in Morocco didn\u2019t mince words: \u201cWithout strict governance, AI becomes a significant vulnerability.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Security maturity still lags&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also highlights another major challenge: investment. A third of Moroccan companies are still operating at the most basic level of cybersecurity maturity, with tight budgets limiting their ability to respond to increasingly advanced attacks.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This funding gap is also slowing down the secure adoption of other emerging technologies like blockchain, robotics, and virtual reality\u2014many of which remain under-protected in enterprise environments.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Global vs. local response&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Globally, cybersecurity leaders are responding.&nbsp;<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>67%<\/strong>\u202facknowledge the risks posed by AI.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>78%<\/strong>\u202fhave increased their security budgets to keep up.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Morocco, only\u202f<strong>18%<\/strong>\u202fof surveyed companies have made similar budget adjustments.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud security is also flagged as a weak spot. Many businesses lack clear responsibilities, strong contractual protections, and robust disaster recovery plans.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cautious optimism on AI&#8217;s potential&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, not all the news is grim. Around\u202f<strong>60%<\/strong>\u202fof Moroccan businesses plan to adopt AI for better threat detection, log analysis, and security operations.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts say that\u2019s a step in the right direction \u2014 but without solid policies, strong leadership, and a deeper commitment to security governance, these ambitions might fall short.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabat \u2014 Artificial intelligence is now the top cybersecurity concern for Moroccan organizations, overtaking cloud-related risks. 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