Fighting fire with fire: The future of cybersecurity is artificial intelligence

It's been a banner year for cyber criminals. International cybersecurity disasters such as the WannaCry and Goldeneye ransomware attacks impacted thousands of people around the globe and illustrated just how tenuous a grasp most organizations hold on their security. Then there's the Equifax debacle, which impacted about 1 in 3 Americans. And if the CIA can't protect its own data from ending up on Wikileaks, what chance do the rest of us stand against ever-more-sophisticated hackers? In theory, artificial intelligence can provide new forms of protection against nefarious actors.