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AI SECURITY: AI and Its Applications In Cyber Security




AI in CyberSecurity

Rapid Change in AI and its Effects On Cyber Security


As we all know Artificial Intelligence(AI) is a hot topic these days. From billionaires to common tech enthusiast everyone is talking about it.

Recently a debate was held between the two tech titans Elon Musk and Jack Ma among many topics AI was also discussed, Elon Musk who is very open about his views on how dangerous AI could be if we didn't do it correctly and thinks we may be already too late to counter the threat we may face if we created an AGI and could not control it. 

On the other hand, Jack Ma was very optimistic about AI and said it would help humans very much in the future and we should not be scared of it. He added it will be like any other invention which will be there to help people. we would have to wait who is right Elon Musk or Jack Ma but AI is still very much real and part of our lives a.nd now is entering the World of Security.


AI Enters Cyber Security

In recent times the demand for cybersecurity experts is very high due to large number of internet applications that inturn generate lots of data. Security job is to protect that data from unauthorized access and difference malware attacks that could harm the user privacy but there are very few cybersecurity experts available.

Let us be honest cybersecurity is a very difficult task and crawling through large amounts of data looking for errors or weak points in the network is a very difficult and boring thing to do. even if the errors weak points are detected it requires further analysis to get the details of the weak points and errors causes.

We all know humans are poor at these sorts of things they get bored easily. on the other hand, computers never get bored or hungry. they don't need to have three cups of coffee every day. they are designed for this sort of work. the reason why AI is entering the Security Domain because its the best way to ensure the safety of the organization from attacks and malware.

it acts as an extra layer of protection and automates things and filters out minor detail and brings only the details that need extra attention of the cybersecurity experts. AI ensures that expert's focus is where it is needed the most.

Ways In Which AI could be Useful


AI is developing at a very fast pace. and there are many ways AI could be useful in CyberSecurity Domain.

Automating the Workload

Data analysis is best for machine learning systems due to the sheer size of data generated by the users. and as I said humans are awful in this regard. most attackers and malware operate over the network so data protection and network analysis is great way to detect malware and prevent possible attacks.

Email Scanning

One of the biggest threat in the security world is phishing attacks. experts found that it is much easier to persuade a human into clicking a link rather than finding a weak point for a cyber attack. AI and ML algorithms are trained to detect phishing and spam emails. some programs perform deep check to detect malware and phishing links.

AI for Antivirus 

In these rapidly changing environment antivirus softwares are becoming obsolete they can not protect data from malware and cyberattacks. that's why businesses are looking for alternative ways to protect their data over the internet from possible cyber-attacks and AI is the best alternative for this.

Future of AI in Security

AI is at the initial stage and it has a long way to go. Further development in Artificial Intelligence will surely create new applications. as the algorithms improve and quality of the data increases the need of a human expert in cybersecurity will become less and the cyber defense system will get automated 

but AI can also be misused for cyberattacks as the quality of the AI increases it can also be used by cyber attackers and malware developers for different purposes. AI systems will have to evolve in a way that it should be safe for others. 


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