Artificial intelligence could be key to tackling cyber-threats, here's why

Provided by CNBC In a constantly evolving digital threat landscape, where firewalls and antiviruses are considered tools of antiquity, companies are looking to more technologically advanced means of protecting crucial data. One such firm, U.K.-based Darktrace, uses machine learning capabilities -- advanced algorithms that can adapt and learn -- and probabilistic mathematics to learn the normal'pattern of life' for every user and device in a network and detect anomalies. Their technology is modeled after how a human immune system identifies and responds to foreign threats -- swiftly and without compromising the human body's key functions. "The philosophy of our entire portfolio, or our approach, is largely based on this DNA: human immune system," Sanjay Aurora, managing director for Asia Pacific at Darktrace, told CNBC. "How have human beings, for millions of years, thrived and survived? Almost every day, we're hit by unknown unknowns, which is the way organizations are also hit ... in terms of viruses and malware."