AI can assist cybersecurity teams

SGGPO September 19, 2023 15:09

Kaspersky experts take a deep dive into how cybersecurity teams can harness the power of AI

Leveraging AI to enhance defenses against cybersecurity threats is the current trend.

As the Asia- Pacific (APAC) region faces a shortage of 2.1 million cybersecurity personnel by 2022, Kaspersky experts take a deep dive into how cybersecurity teams can leverage AI to strengthen their defenses against growing threats in the region.

Saurabh Sharma, security lead at Kaspersky APAC’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), said that if cybercriminals can harness the power of AI, then cybersecurity forces can also use the technology for good.

“APAC will need to address the 52.4% cybersecurity talent shortage by 2022 as it is a key sector of the digital economy . This urgent need could prompt cybersecurity teams to use machine learning to enhance the defenses of organizations, and AI can support key areas such as Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Threat Analysis,” Sharma shared.

Kaspersky experts also revealed that with cybersecurity incident response, AI will detect abnormalities in operations, recognize the security level of an event log, thereby outlining a typical security incident and suggesting steps to search for malware.

Regarding threat analysis, or the stage where cyber defenders learn how the tools used in a cyber attack work, Sharma noted that technologies like ChatGPT can help identify key components in malware, decrypt malicious scripts, and create fake web servers with specific encryption schemes.

Sharma stressed that AI has clear benefits for cybersecurity teams, especially in automating data collection, improving mean time to resolution (MTTR) and limiting the impact of any incidents. If used effectively, the technology can also reduce the skill requirements for security analysts, but organizations should remember that smart machines can augment and complement human skills, but cannot replace them.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ai-co-the-ho-tro-doi-ngu-an-ninh-mang-post706210.html