Application of AI in Cybersecurity: Benefits, Uses, and Challenges

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1. Why is AI in Cybersecurity Important?

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2. AI in Cybersecurity- Benefits

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3. Identification and Management of Weaknesses

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4. E-mail Scam Detection

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5. Enhanced Security Risk Assessment

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6. Challenges Faced by AI in Cybersecurity:

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The new Era of technology starts with AI. Everything around us is AI-equipped. AI implemented in cybersecurity has nonetheless shown effectiveness and efficiency. Security teams together with AI can rely on each other’s expertise to achieve the best outcomes

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Application of AI in Cybersecurity: Benefits, Uses, and Challenges

By: Engineer's Planet

1. Why is AI in Cybersecurity Important?

2. AI in Cybersecurity- Benefits

3. Identification and Management of Weaknesses

AI identifies and fixes organizational weak points by analyzing data from any source. AI-integrated vulnerability management systems and patching systems reduce the risk of exploitation and simplify the patching process.

4. E-mail Scam Detection

AI algorithms can inspect the contents or behaviors of the email sender. In case there is a hoax attack, it can surely be detected because of the Advanced Machine Learning models

5. Enhanced Security Risk Assessment

AI Technologies make the systems deep intelligence-based analysis of the IT application and structure, compared to human resources. The information, thus provided, is fully detailed about the security risks

6. Challenges Faced by AI in Cybersecurity:

AI in cybersecurity faces challenges like false alarms needing human intervention, data privacy concerns with user behavior analytics, adversarial AI by cybercriminals, and the essentiality of human expertise for effective oversight.

The new Era of technology starts with AI. Everything around us is AI-equipped. AI implemented in cybersecurity has nonetheless shown effectiveness and efficiency. Security teams together with AI can rely on each other’s expertise to achieve the best outcomes

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