Artificial Intelligence (AI) can better enable cybersecurity rather than posing a threat to livelihood

Although AI is a growing concern, and some perceive it as a real threat towards global domination and job loss, everyone needs to remember that AI is just a tool. Human expertise absolutely should remain central to combating the security attacks that all companies and organizations face. AI is a resource to be used by humans in this endeavor.

AI should be considered crucial for being proactive and predicting threat detections. By quickly identifying anomalies that cybersecurity professionals might miss, AI has become a valuable tool in processing huge data volumes in real time, learning from new threats, adapting defenses to those threats, and providing a sophisticated cybersecurity defense to combat those vulnerabilities identified in no time.

AI can be instrumental in transforming how organizations protect their assets. It reduces human error and saves time by taking over time-consuming tasks that can be streamlined by using AI. AI is becoming more popular for helping the Security Operations Center (SOC) identify red alert incidents and quickly identify mechanisms that can be put into place immediately. This has been quite helpful in lowering the hours that the SOC personnel typically need to find a solution in a timely manner.

Many SOCs are doing more with less; this stress often results in burnout and very high turnover. AI is becoming a major asset in these environments by quickly weeding out false positive alerts rather than requiring each one to be manually checked by an analyst. Many companies are finding that AI saves them a significant amount of time performing these tasks so that the security professionals can instead use their skills to focus on more pressing and complex issues.

By harnessing the power of AI and cybersecurity, many organizations, including the federal government, have determined that the use of AI provides proactive threat mitigation and intelligence automation. This allows them to stay ahead of cyber threats in an ever-evolving landscape. 

AI is becoming increasingly popular by predicting vulnerabilities and potential breaches by considering IT asset inventory, threat exposure, and enabling proactive resource allocation for mitigation in record time that is virtually unprecedented.

AI will only continue to grow exponentially, and people should look at AI not as a threat or replacement for the role of a human team’s involvement, but rather as an additional team member empowering the cybersecurity analysts to maximize their own skills and insights. This is accomplished by AI freeing them from time-consuming repetitive tasks and allowing these experts to focus on higher-priority mission-based tasks within the organization as management deems appropriate.