AI's role in the future of cybersecurity

AI (opens in new tab) is revolutionizing cybersecurity (opens in new tab). From automatically detecting network irregularities, to deciding how best to allocate security (opens in new tab) defenses, some of the most data-intensive tasks are rapidly being taken over by machines that can compute at faster and higher rates than people. Joshua Saxe is VP and Chief Scientist at Sophos (opens in new tab). While AI has not been a major tool for attackers thus far, it has potential. Even now, the early examples of attackers using new, easily accessible open-source AI technology to create fake photos, videos and speech as part of phishing (opens in new tab) campaigns suggests a future where AI is widely used by criminals and nation-state cyber actors.