How Machine Learning Can Help Increase Cybersecurity

It seems like everyone including the U.S. government is getting hacked on a regular basis. Like the British broadband provider TalkTalk recently found out, we can all do more to protect ourselves. But fighting against cyber threats seems futile as staying a step ahead of criminals seems almost impossible. So it begs the question, is Machine Learning (ML) the answer we have all been waiting for? The amount of data that's being generated individually and collectively is multiplying rapidly.