Why Enterprises Are Flying Blind in the Age of AI Security

Jeremiah Johnson, U.S. cloud engineering manager, Fortinet

Most enterprises lack the visibility to know what their artificial intelligence systems are doing or what threats they’re facing. Jeremiah Johnson, U.S. cloud engineering manager at Fortinet, said the convergence of agentic AI, IoT proliferation and cloud complexity has created a security blind spot that demands autonomous, fabricwide remediation.

Johnson said 60% of enterprises are operating without adequate insight into their AI-driven environments. A consistent theme emerged: Organizations are aware their employees are using AI tools but can’t track how.

“The business knows the need. They just don’t know how to execute it properly. They’re just letting it fly right now, and we’re at a weird spot,” he said.

In this video interview with ISMG at Google Cloud Next 2026, Johnson also discussed:

Fortinet’s Security Fabric and mesh network approach to move from detection to autonomous remediation across cloud and edge environments;
How the Fortinet and Google Cloud marketplace partnership helps enterprises address the “no budget for security” challenge;
Why AI governance will move front and center in the months ahead.

Johnson is a cybersecurity leader and cloud security expert who leads the U.S. cloud field CSE team at Fortinet. He is responsible for driving strategic cloud security initiatives across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, helping organizations innovate and scale securely through advanced, AI-driven solutions.