Cybersecurity machine learning moves ahead with vendor push

Cybersecurity machine learning is growing in popularity, according to Jon Oltsik, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group Inc. in Milford, Mass. Oltsik attended the recent Black Hat conference, where technology vendors were abuzz with talk of cybersecurity machine learning. ESG research asked 412 respondents about their understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity machine learning, which revealed that only 30% said they were very knowledgeable on the subject. Only 12% of respondents said their organizations had deployed these systems widely. According to Olstik, the cybersecurity industry sees an opportunity, because only 6% of respondents in surveys said their organizations were not considering AI or machine learning deployments.