Prove it to the board
Frontier AI has changed the threat. Can your organisation prove it’s ready?
Know what you don’t know
Every board understands the frontier AI threat. Far fewer can say where it creates exposure in their own environment, or what to address first.
Frontier AI changes both sides of the equation. Attacks arrive faster, while your own AI deployments — AI-generated code, AI-integrated workflows, AI agents running with varying governance — expand an attack surface your existing tools were never designed to see.
Atos reveals what you do not yet know about your frontier AI exposure, then turns that insight into measurable action: staged, sovereign, evidence-backed security services powered by Palo Alto Networks technology and Unit 42 intelligence.
Why this matters now
Incidents
Nationally significant UK cyber incidents in 2024/25, up 130%
Source: NCSC Annual Review 2025, October 2025
AI capability
Frontier model success on cyber tasks, from under 10% in 2023
Source: UK AI Security Institute
Exposure gap
To patch a critical vulnerability. Attackers need five.
Source: Edgescan Vulnerability Statistics Report
Three pillars
Assess, Act, Transform
Start where your exposure, maturity and priorities demand. Each pillar delivers value on its own. Begin with the capability you need now, build evidence, and expand when the results warrant it. There is no commitment to a full transformation programme.
Frontier AI Exposure Assessment
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 tests your most critical assets against the offensive capability of current frontier AI models. Atos translates the findings into a prioritised remediation roadmap built around your environment, budget cycle and existing investments.
AI Vulnerability Operations
Atos transforms the vulnerability management process to keep pace with and adapt to the new AI threat landscape. Atos shifts away from traditional CVSS scoring processes and turns raw vulnerability data into a prioritised, business-relevant view of what to fix first, cross-referencing every finding against asset criticality, real-world exploitability and your own context. It works with your existing scanning tools.
Frontier AI SOC Transformation
A modular MXDR service powered by the Palo Alto Networks Cortex platform, operationalised end to end by Atos from sovereign UK SOC. AI handles detection and triage at machine speed; Atos analysts provide threat hunting, TI integration, automation deployment and cyber incident response in the event of a crisis.
Sovereign UK delivery
A UK security operations centre with List X accreditation and security-cleared personnel, available through Crown Commercial Service frameworks, backed by 15 years protecting UK infrastructure across government, CNI and regulated industries.
What you will learn by reading this whitepaper:
The paper sets out a staged, evidence-led path: assess your frontier AI exposure, act on the vulnerabilities you can address now, and build towards sovereign, AI-enabled security operations. Each stage stands on its own, so you can start where your exposure and maturity demand rather than committing to a full transformation programme up front.
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