Is AI a Double-Edged Sword In Cybersecurity?
Whether you consider it good or bad, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next stage of our technical evolution. Like major technological advances before (electricity, computers, the internet), AI will usher new changes and impact almost every facet of our everyday life. In fact, we can already see AI's impact on social media marketing, search engines like Google that keep on learning from our search patterns and behaviours, and in improved healthcare . It’s safe to say that AI’s intervention in our societies and our lives will be more far-reaching than we now realize, and cybersecurity is no exception. AI and Cybersecurity Right now, AI’s overlap with cybersecurity is fairly limited. It’s used by both cybersecurity and information security professionals to improve their security systems and prepare for the next generation of cyberattacks. The attack surface of enterprises, i.e., all the avenues where a cyberattack can come from, is expanding quite rapidly. The more a...