Cybersecurity

AI: A new route for cyber-attacks or a way to prevent them?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its subset machine learning are being hailed by experts as a means to fight cyber-attacks. Currently, the technology can flag anomalies for a security analyst to look into, saving time and cutting overall businesses costs.

AI and machine learning are developing quickly, with experts suggesting they could be applied to several specific use cases within cyber security. Indeed, it’s hoped that in the future, intelligent systems including these technologies will be able to accurately detect and remediate attacks in real-time.

But despite its potential, the technology also faces challenges. For example, the ability to save time must be weighed up with the chance of false positives. At the same time, adversaries are starting to use AI to attack businesses and even hide their tracks.