Using defensive AI to strip cyberattackers of their advantage

The real-world applications of artificial intelligence have grown so quickly and become so widespread that it's hard to get through everyday routines, such as driving or messaging friends, without witnessing their impact. The same holds true in the world of cybersecurity, with both attackers and defenders looking to AI to gain an upper hand. Its rise coincides with the proliferation of data itself, and as we increasingly lean on AI to make sense out of this new data-centric world, we also need to understand its security implications. For decades, defenders have fought off attacks by detecting signatures, or specific patterns indicating malicious activity. This bottom-up approach was reactive.