This article, written by security researcher at CISO, Remesh Ramachandran, explore both the positives and negatives of artificial intelligence and machine learning to the field of cybersecurity. He claims that AI/ML is a bane to the industry due to the effect it has on decreasing the resources and finances required to attempt an attack. Further, he states that the three main implications of Artificial Intelligence to today’s cybersecurity landscape are the augmentation of today’s threats and attacks, the development of new threats, and the variation of the nature of existing threats. However, later the article explores the positives of AI/ML in cybersecurity and finds that at the same time, AI is giving a “much-needed boost to cybersecurity.” He backs up this claim with several examples of how AI is improving the field such as AI phishing detection and prevention, behavioral analytics, and password protection. Finally, the article wraps up discussing the future implications of these technologies and the fact that we will have to wait and see whether the positives or the negatives of AI/ML in cybersecurity eventually win out.
