The Future of Cybersecurity: Balancing AI & Human Expertise

There is no denying the fact that the continued evolution in AI will redraw the landscape of cybersecurity. In this respect, the future of digital defences rest on how effectively AI capabilities are balanced with human expertise.

- By Vinod Shah, CIO/CISO of Bank (Article No. 3 of 3):

SYMBIOSIS OF AI & HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

1. Complementary Strengths: While AI can handle large volumes of data and identifying patterns, human intuition brings creativity, contextual understanding, and ethical judgment.

2. Augmented Intelligence: AI is not intended to replace human professionals but to augment human decision-making. Hence, making AI as an ally is the future.

3. Continuous Learning: AI systems and expert humans have to continuously learn to match the dynamics of evolving threats. It must be well understood that AI will learn from the DATA available, and hence the DATA being fed into the AI system development has to be vetted and needs to be without any bias.

AI ENHANCES THREAT DETECTION & RESPONSE

AI is be able to analyze security logs and network traffic in real time, alerting human analysts to possible threats. Further, machine learning algorithms can perform triaging of security incidents, wherein human experts need to look into only the most critical issues. Lastly, AI can give predictions on attack vectors, hence enabling proactive defence strategies devised by human security teams.

HUMAN-LED STRATEGY & OVERSIGHT