Al-Based Tools You Can Use for Network Data Analysis and Cyber Security

Here's a quick overview of Al-based open source tools that offer enhanced protection to networked systems against a range of cyber attacks.

- Dr Gaurav Kumar

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based applications using advanced chatbots are the norm today across industries like healthcare, retail and finance. The launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI has been followed by the release of many AI chatbots for multiple applications. Some of the major releases that followed ChatGPT include Gemini, Perplexity, Chatpdf, Bolt and Lovable. Numerous chatbots are currently under development and will soon be launched for multiple domains.

The global market size of AI was estimated at around US$ 200 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 36% between 2023 and 2030.

AI in cybersecurity and network forensics

AI is not only useful for content writing but also for applications related to digital forensics and network management. It can be used for cyber forensics, network analytics and information security (Table 1).

A few AI-based open source tools that are popular for cyber forensics and network analytics are listed below.

Threat intelligence and SIEM (security information and event management) tools

Wazuh (https://wazuh.com)