AI and security: Machine learning is a threat detection game-changer

Organizations are deluged with billions of security events every day, far too many for human analysts to cope with. But security analysts have a powerful ally in their corner: machine learning is tipping the advantage toward defenders. Machine learning (ML) is changing the approach of organizations to threat detection and how they adapt and adopt cybersecurity processes. The idea is not just to identify and prevent threats, but to mitigate them as well. ML has the power to comprehend threats in real time, to understand the infrastructure of a company and its network design and attack vectors, and to protect and defend it with human talent and machine power. The algorithm--the machine--is capable of the unthinkable when it comes to data mining, data crunching, and data correlation, since it does what it does best tirelessly, without complaint, and without having a bad day.