A literal interpretation of AI battling cyber security threats, by an AI.
According to a new study from MeriTalk and RSA Conference, while 80% of cybersecurity decision-makers say that accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is critical to their organization’s cyber threat plan, only 31% say that their organization is using such technology today.
To optimize AI’s cyber security impact, the report recommends organizations:
- Start with increased human communication and collaboration.
- Emphasize a culture of continuous learning.
- Evaluate AI use cases by tech maturity, mission value, and risk.
- Build in AI security from inception.
- Be realistic about expectations.
- Focus on thorough testing and evaluations.
- Embrace change.
While AI gets a lot of flack for obvious reasons, it’s important to also consider the potential benefits, as its continued evolution and use is an inevitability. Of course, what’s also potentially inevitable is the idea that AI’s, both good and bad, white hat and black hat, will battle each other in a dangerous game of one-upmanship. As always, we need to keep a rigorous eye on all of the nuances, particularly as it relates to our critical IT security and related infrastructure.
