# Government Buyers Strengthen AI Cyber Defenses

Palo Alto Networks reports that two-thirds of vulnerabilities identified by frontier AI had no CVE, while AI-enabled or autonomous attacks have risen threefold and the fastest observed intrusions reached data exfiltration in 72 minutes. For government and critical-infrastructure procurement teams, these findings highlight the importance of acquiring capabilities that can identify and respond to threats that may not be covered by conventional vulnerability tracking. The signal describes no specific solicitation, award, or contract.

- Buyers can use the reported findings to assess whether security procurements address rapid detection and response, virtual patching, zero-trust and endpoint foundations, enterprise AI visibility, and runtime AI governance.
- Contractors offering these capabilities should be prepared to explain how their solutions support defense against AI-enabled attacks and vulnerabilities without CVEs.
- The reported 72-minute intrusion-to-exfiltration pace underscores the operational value of reducing detection and response time; the signal provides no procurement timeline or named buying agency.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** November 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)

### Vendors
- Palo Alto Networks ()
- Anthropic ()

### Key Quotes
> If your base layer is weak, it doesn’t matter how much you put on the top layer, it’s going to still keep sinking.
> — Meerah Rajavel, CIO of Palo Alto Networks

### Sources
- [Palo Alto Networks CIO: Most flaws found by frontier AI have no CVE | Computer Weekly](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366653832/Palo-Alto-Networks-CIO-Most-flaws-found-by-frontier-AI-have-no-CVE) - Computer Weekly