AI and the future of cyber defense

The digital universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. Thanks to the internet of things (IoT), broadband communications, cheaper cloud storage, and computation power, every organization, company, and government is generating reams of data about anything and everything. While this deluge of digital information provides unprecedented opportunities to improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of tasks, it also raises some distinct challenges. With so much traffic and a shorthanded cybersecurity industry, organizations are finding it harder and harder to secure their networks and data against cybercriminals. How to deal with security issues stemming from this growth of data will be a focal point of Global Cybersecurity Summit 2017, which will be held in the flashpoint city of Kiev on June 14-16.