Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been contributing to cybersecurity in many ways. This came to be as a result of businesses need to protect sensitive information from being exploited by hackers. The rapid adoption of cloud computing and Internet of Things, in a way, contributed to the easy of hackers exploiting vulnerabilities within internet-based infrastructures like networks.
Businesses need to combat these external threats by adopting a proactive approach to cybersecurity by implementing AI backed and robust security measures such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, automated alerts for continuous monitoring etc.
AI contributes to cybersecurity through leveraging data analytics and machine learning algorithms to detect anomalous behavior within network systems. Businesses can then quickly respond to potential threats and minimise the damaged caused by unauthorised access.
Using AI in cybersecurity eliminates time-consuming tasks that would have been done by humans manually.
AI not only contributes to businesses’ cybersecurity goals, it also protects people from being affected by cyberattacks. Take for example, Google’s AI scans your GMail account for harmful links and any signs of malicious intent. This is done to protect you from opening up your device to potential attacks from cyberattacks.
AI tools and systems analyses data in order to recognise suspicious patterns and protect users from scams or identity theft.
