In today's rapidly changing cyberspace, the scale, speed, and complexity of threats have outpaced human capacity to respond alone.
Organisations are challenged to overcome these limits by combining AI-based defense tools with the right expertise and strategy and how advanced technologies, guided by human insight, can give organisations a significant advantage was discussed in a fireside chat hosted by this year's Cyber Security Conference.
The discussion was carried out by Andreas Konstantinidis, Managed Services Director at Odyssey Cybersecurity, and Chief Information Security Officer at Marlow Navigation Manos Manolis who was also coordinator.
As Konstantinidis mentioned, the dialogue around artificial intelligence is often “driven by fear.” On the one hand, as he said, “we use AI every day, it helps us do our jobs faster and better.” On the other hand, however, the uncertainty about what comes next reinforces the fear. “Analysts used to look for a ‘needle’ in a haystack. Today they struggle to locate the ‘needle’ in a stack of needles. People are now more easily targeted: In the past, spam on mobile phones was obvious, now with AI it is indistinguishable.”
He pointed out that the capabilities of artificial intelligence, beyond defense, can also be used for attacks, citing as an example the speed with which codes can now be broken through predictive algorithms.
Responding to the question of how AI can enhance security, Konstantinidis emphasised: "AI alone is not a solution to all problems. However, if you compare the capabilities of a machine and a human, then great opportunities are created for effectively addressing cyber threats. You cannot fight AI threats with zero trust and monitoring alone. You need AI to quickly identify real danger signals and take immediate action," he concluded.
(Source: InBusinessNews)
