AI And Machine Learning For Cybersecurity: Friend And Foe? - Minutehack

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning are increasingly promoted as a solution in the context, and you don't need to look far to find products and services trumpeting their use of such techniques as a key selling point. At the same time, there is a growing concern that the growth of AI will herald a new era of cybercrime, making attacks more complex and more difficult to stop. Before looking at the potential downsides, it is worth thinking about the defensive role the AI can play in cybersecurity. The key areas here will include spotting things that we would not ordinarily notice and aiding the automation of things that otherwise rely upon manual intervention. Although it's getting significant attention at present, the opportunity to link AI into cybersecurity has been recognised for quite some time, with application in behavioural profiling and anomaly detection (e.g.