Role of AI in Cyber Security

 

Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Specific applications of AI include expert systems, natural language processing, speech recognition and machine vision. AI is very useful in the field of cyber security. Let’s say that a working employer click on a malicious phishing link using organizational system & it might have brought dire consequences. If the organization has used AI in this case, it might have saved the attacker from breaching the organizational network. AI will block the malicious request from going outside the organizational network in this case.

Advantages of AI

• AI Learns More Over Time:  AI technology is intelligent, and it uses its ability to improve network security over time. It uses machine learning and deep learning to learn a business network’s behavior over time. It recognizes patterns on the network and clusters them. It then proceeds to detect any deviations or security incidents from the norm before responding to them.
• Artificial Intelligence Identifies Unknown Threats: A human being may not be able to identify all the threats a company faces. Every year, hackers launch hundreds of millions of attacks with different motives. Unknown threats can cause massive damage to a network. Worse still is the impact they can have before you detect, identify, and prevent them.
• AI Can Handle a Lot of Data: A lot of activity happens on a company’s network. An average mid-sized company itself has huge traffic. That means there’s a lot of data transferred between customers and the business daily. This data needs protection from malicious people and software. But then, cyber security personnel cannot check all the traffic for possible threats.
• Better Vulnerability Management: AI helps you assess systems quicker than cyber security personnel, thereby increasing your problem solving ability manifold. It identifies weak points in computer systems and business networks and helps businesses focus on important security tasks.
• Accelerates Detection and Response Times:  Threat detection is the beginning of protecting your company’s network. It would be best if you detected things like untrusted data quickly. It will save you from the irreversible damage to your network.

Disadvantages of AI
Even though AI indeed answers most of the cyber security challenges, it’s not an ultimate fix yet. Right now, Artificial Intelligence is still difficult to implement on a small scale and the technology itself requires improvements. There are some drawbacks also in AI in a cyber security.

• Cyber criminals are AI-savvy too: AI solutions for security can be used by hackers, too. The practices of cyber security teams are a lot more open than those of cyber criminals. We are unlikely to benefit from hackers’ experience, whereas they could potentially tap into organizations’ progress and reverse their findings to create a better threat.
• Cyber threats evolve: Even if you introduce AI to your business, it doesn’t mean that you automatically become immune to all threats. Viruses and malware improves all the time, and even AI systems will need constant redesign, improvement, and maintenance.
• High adoption barrier: Artificial Intelligence still requires AI lot of human resources and computing power, compared to typical antiviruses. You can simply install ready software rather than spending time and money on building a custom AI solution. The good news, however, is that AI is increasingly becoming more available and even small businesses can afford to build a security neutral network.

Conclusion

We can see the both advantages and disadvantages of AI in the field of cyber security. As the AI is controlled by human, so we need a professional to handle it. One thing is certain; adopting AI solutions can already help businesses spend less time and effort on their daily security tasks, while also keeping them better prepared for new risks. It is both the weapon against current threats and investment in the future. The technology is getting more available that means; soon no business will have a reason to delay adopting AI. Instead of waiting for custom tools to implement AI on a large level, it’s better to be ahead of the situation and start building powerful custom AI security too.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 By: Vicky Kumar

                                                                                                            (Tech Intern, WCSF)

 

 

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