Europe’s AI Path: Trusted, Targeted, and Cyber-Secure

Interview with Pranav Vattaparambil, CISO at Unosecur

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries worldwide, but in Europe, the journey is more cautious, strategic, and regulation-driven. To understand this distinct path, we interviewed Pranav Vattaparambil, Chief Information Security Officer at Unosecur, a German deeptech cybersecurity platform using AI across mission-critical systems.

“Europe’s AI sector is flourishing, but it’s taking its own route,” says Vattaparambil. “Startups here raised $13 billion in 2024, but the U.S. raised $110 billion. OpenAI alone raised $10 billion. It’s a different scale.”

While the U.S. dominates global AI revenue, roughly a third, Europe isn’t trying to replicate Silicon Valley. Instead, it’s building AI to serve enterprise-grade use cases in industries like manufacturing, finance, and healthcare.

“Europe leads with trust,” he explains. “With the EU AI Act, GDPR, and Cyber Resilience Act, ethics and compliance are embedded from day one. The U.S. moves fast; Europe moves secure.”

In manufacturing, predictive maintenance powered by AI is cutting downtime by up to 50%. In finance, machine-learning algorithms detect fraud in milliseconds and power 24/7 multilingual support. Healthcare is also being transformed, from diagnostics to ICU forecasting.

However, European firms face real challenges. “Legacy systems, siloed data, regulatory complexity, and talent gaps slow things down,” Vattaparambil notes. “Plus, AI without identity monitoring creates new attack surfaces.”

Unosecur’s advice? Start with small pilots, involve compliance early, and modernize access controls alongside AI rollout.

AI is also transforming **cybersecurity strategy**. “Identity is the new perimeter,” says Vattaparambil. “We’re deploying AI for ITDR, anomaly detection, and automated response. But attackers use AI too, deepfakes, phishing, and generative malware are now the norm.”

Sectors like finance, healthcare, and smart manufacturing are driving demand for AI-powered security tools. And compliance isn’t a blocker, it’s a differentiator.

“The future of AI in Europe will be shaped by secure, transparent, identity-first systems,” he concludes. “Platforms like Unosecur help organizations gain real-time visibility into every identity, human or machine, and keep them compliant with evolving laws.”

In Europe, AI isn’t a race. It’s a blueprint for sustainable, trusted innovation, where technology and ethics move forward together.