Although AI is the newest culprit, concerns about human replacement technology date back to the 2nd Industrial Revolution when the economy shifted, and farmers switched to more manufacturing and railroad jobs. The society was worried that they would see the end of the days when real people produced results, not machines. The Digital Transformation is in full swing, but does cybersecurity continue to keep up? Last month alone, at least 99 cybersecurity incidents were recorded. From banks to social media platforms it is obvious that breaches of security are a universal threat to all IT infrastructure.

IBM is tackling modern security issues with a modern approach: cognitive technology. As part of a year long research project, IBM is rolling out Watson for Cyber Security, a new cloud-based version of the company's cognitive tech that focuses on the language of security. IBM Watson is the organisation's technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data. According to a statement, IBM is teaming up with eight universities around the United States to further scale the system and expand the collection of security data that Watson is currently trained with. According to IBM, training for Watson for Cyber Security is a crucial step in the advancement of cognitive security.