Tag Archive for: Artificial Intelligence

How AI cybersecurity thwarts attacks — and how hackers fight back

TechTarget  | February 19, 2019

As our digital lives get more automated, integrated and connected, the security risks increase as well; 2018 was full of hacks and privacy scandals, ranging from healthcare breaches to blunders by Facebook and Google.

Cybersecurity is more important than ever, and many experts are using AI to take that security to the next level. For CIOs, the critical questions are: How much security can AI provide, and what should the realistic expectations of AI cybersecurity be?

 

Cybersecurity is Complicated, but is AI the Answer?

Computer Business Review | Feb 21, 2018

By Dr. Mike Lloyd, RedSeal CTO

The cybersecurity industry today is increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) — or at least, by bold claims of what AI could achieve.

Marketers, analysts and journalists are all queuing up to wax lyrical, while some estimates claim that as many as 30% of large organisations are already using it in their IT departments. IT professionals are even voicing concerns that it’s only a matter of time before the black hats get hold of it. But is it genuinely the saviour of cybersecurity?