Bridging the Gap: Machine Learning & Cloud Security

The growing hype around machine learning technology seems to be creeping into every aspect of enterprise IT and cyber security is no different. Defined as a way to provide computers with the ability to learn without the need for programming, the term Machine Learning seems to be this year's big buzzword. In fact today you'd be hard-pressed to find a security vendor that doesn't claim to incorporate some form of machine learning or AI technology into their threat prevention solution. So how much is true and how much is smoke and mirrors? Despite being a concept first envisioned back in the 1950s by Alan Turing, the lack of computing power has held research teams from making any significant jump towards realising the technology.