The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence as a System | Cyber - Security Magazine

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) rests on the verge of transforming both business and society, inform Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights and Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet.

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Financial firm UBS forecasts that next year, the AI market will be worth $12.5 billion due to huge improvements and broader adoption of the technology. And BCG Henderson Institute found that though most leaders have not yet seen significant impact from their AI initiatives, they firmly expect to within the next five years.

The Institute notes that enterprises that have implemented AI projects foresee substantial effects on IT, operations and manufacturing, supply chain management and customer-facing activities. Within the IT environment, AI is of particular interest; it will be very important as organizations struggle to secure their expanding edge environments with the number of network edges continuing to grow.

How AI Is Evolving 
IT is looking to AI for a variety of solutions, chief among them is developing a security-focused AI with an adaptive immune system for the network, similar to the one in the human body. In the body, white blood cells come to the rescue when a problem is detected, acting autonomously to fight infection. In the network, AI can be similarly leveraged to identify threats and initiate and coordinate a response...

A New Era in Cybersecurity 
As AI evolves, organizations have the opportunity to evolve their cybersecurity, as well.

Machine learning and AI systems’ ability to take over many of the menial and detail-oriented tasks previously assigned to human resources will take a significant bite out of the growing cybersecurity skills gap.
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Source: Security Magazine