Artificial intelligence is key to defeating future hackers

In the heat of battle, it's hard to separate the signal from the noise--a phenomenon that's known as the "fog of war." This is what's happening in field of cybersecurity now. Amid all the noise of the presidential election, the actual and the rumored hacking, a vital signal is being missed: the fact that there is a dramatic shift in cyber attacks. As a veteran of the cybersecurity market, I've worked with a lot of young and mature companies to help shape their security plans into battle-ready solutions. And it has been a busy few decades--because ever since the dawn of e-commerce, companies have been playing catch-up with ever more sophisticated, malicious and insatiable adversaries.