AI Playing significant role in both offense and defense

The landscape of cyber threats is evolving rapidly, with AI playing an increasingly significant role in both offense and defense. By Leveraging AI-enabled tools, it could automate security-related tasks, including monitoring, analysis, patching, prevention, and remediation.
 
Defending cyberattacks with 99.9% protection is an ambitious goal, especially as cyber threats evolve with the increasing sophistication of AI-powered attacks. However, at the same time, experts believe that, AI has revolutionized like the Dot-Com Era. AI is being hyped by the companies as

•    Unrealistic valuations: Many AI companies are currently valued at astronomical figures, often without concrete revenue streams or profitability.

•    Investor euphoria: The excitement surrounding AI has led to irrational exuberance, with investors pouring money into any company with an "AI" tag.   

•    Focus on hype over fundamentals: The emphasis on AI potential has overshadowed traditional financial metrics, leading to overinflated stock prices.

Today, AI-generated deepfakes can create realistic audio, video, or image content that impersonates individuals or manipulates information. These can be used for social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, or fraudulent transactions.

To Mitigation the issue, it is time to implement advanced AI-based deepfake detection systems that analyze inconsistencies in audio, video, and image files. Training employees to recognize and verify communications, especially those involving sensitive information, is also crucial.

The Threat is, AI algorithms can generate highly personalized phishing emails or messages that are difficult to distinguish from legitimate communication. These attacks are more effective because they are tailored to individual targets.

Moving forward, achieving 99.9% protection against cyberattacks in an AI-driven world requires a multi-layered approach that combines cutting-edge AI technologies with robust security practices. By staying ahead of AI-powered threats and leveraging AI for defense, organizations can significantly reduce their risk and enhance their overall security posture. 

Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Editor-in-Chief-VARINDIA