Artificial intelligence has vaulted from a distant concern to the second-most pressing business risk worldwide—and it's reshaping cybersecurity from both sides of the battlefield. In Outprepared: Leading Cybersecurity Strategy in the Age of AI , Dr. Paul Morrison draws on more than two decades of experience at the intersection of cybersecurity, AI, and enterprise risk management to deliver a comprehensive strategic guide for the leaders who must navigate this new reality. This book addresses the "asymmetric dualism" at the core of today's cyber risk: the same AI technologies that help create strong defenses—like threat detection, automated incident response, and fraud prevention—are also being used by attackers to carry out highly targeted phishing scams, self-improving malware, and deepfake fraud at an unmatched scale, and organizations that fail to bridge this gap will face threats they are ill-prepared to handle. Outprepared is divided into six sections and fourteen chapters, starting with basic strategies and covering rules and regulations, changing threats, building defenses, and specific advice for industries like finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and small businesses. It concludes with a concrete ninety-day action plan designed to help C-suite executives, CISOs, board members, and technology leaders move from deliberation to decisive action. Whether you lead a Fortune 500 security program or a growing enterprise finding its footing in AI adoption, this book equips you with the frameworks, governance models, and operational playbooks to stay ahead of both the technology and the threat. The question is no longer whether your organization will face AI-driven cyber risk—it's whether you'll address it on your terms or on terms dictated by adversaries, regulators, or incidents. Choose to be overprepared.