Cybersecurity in the Age of AI, at AI Summit New York

In an increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is instrumental for businesses and governments. However, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution and novel approaches are needed as new and different challenges arise. 

Deloitte managing director Mike Morris, alongside Abdul Rahman, associate vice president at the AI Center of Excellence spoke at this year’s AI Business Summit in New York about how AI can address new and emerging cybersecurity problems, and how businesses can protect themselves against threats.

“There is already a plethora of cybersecurity tools out there, and there’s no shortage of data,” said Morris. “But currently, getting through this data is a very manual process and a lot of analysts get alert fatigue – they can’t keep up with the amount of alerts. As attackers get smarter, the threats become increasingly complex and it also becomes harder for defense teams to understand and prepare for attackers.”

Talent in the cybersecurity industry is scarce, with Morris saying there is currently a personnel shortage of nearly 2 million, with this number changing every day. The sheer volume of data breaches and potential threats is also far greater than the number of people available to process them, leaving a market gap that AI could meet.

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