AI Helps Alleviate Shortage of Human Cybersecurity Experts

An expected one million jobs in cybersecurity will go unfilled this year world-wide, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association says. Many companies that do fill open roles use employees from other departments or recent graduates who are untested in corporate cybersecurity. And what's really troubling, while many companies rely on a scarce number of human experts to defend their data, cybercriminals can marshal thousands of computers to launch attacks. It is this discrepancy, says Sean Joyce, head of the U.S. cybersecurity and privacy practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, that is pushing innovation in the use of AI for cybersecurity forward. PwC offers clients AI capabilities, including help with predictive analytics to more quickly identify "hot spots," or areas where specific, dangerous cyberattacks are percolating across the globe.