Don’t believe the hype: AI is no silver bullet

Computer Weekly | August 7, 2020

We want to believe AI will revolutionise cyber security, and we’re not necessarily wrong, but it’s time for a reality check

Chief information security officers (CISOs) looking for new security partners must therefore be pragmatic when assessing what’s out there. AI is helpful, in limited use cases, to take the strain off stretched security teams, but its algorithms still have great difficulty recognising unknown attacks. It’s time for a reality check.