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The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in IT Security is shaping up to be transformative in that it helps the IT Security Pro focus on the important aspects of the business, educating the end users. While AI allows for extra source of intelligence in the field, the biggest fear is that it will replace IT Security Professionals and the industry. This is not the case, but there will be synergy between the human in the loop, and the machine in the response to potential threats to the corporate business network. AI vs. Machine Learning AI implies that there is adaptive learning involved, and actions can change based on a given set of inputs. With Machine Learning (ML) there are a set of automated processes that are developed with a given scenario or set of inputs that match the specific criteria. Understanding these key differences allows for the IT Security Pro to use the best technology for any given situation that they may run into. The use of ML is common with most IDS and IPS applications as they provide quick action and prevent further issues for the network with a given a specific set of inputs. This can be everything from disconnecting servers or preventing certain IP packets from traversing the network or to being addressed to a specific targeted IP address. AI will take more time to determine if the behavior is malicious and may also take other inputs into account prior to acting. Data Overload As an IT Security Pro, your day is filled with reviewing logs and data that is collected from various sources around your computer network. Whether these are firewall logs, or network traffic IP packets, there is a lot of data to process. This is one of the reasons that security applications that can correlate these records are one of the key components of any well-established IT Security Program. The need we find is having to sift through these tens of thousands of entries to find the information that is meaningful to us. Even with this, sometimes the IT Security Pro may be overwhelmed with the amount of information they may be presented. This is where AI and ML come into their own. These technologies can help to sort out this data and provide the IT Security Pro actionable information and suggest a course of action depending on all the inputs that have been gathered. Work with AI in IT Security With the ever-complex state of IT Security these days, it is important that we use all the tools in the fight against any potential threats to our networks. This means leveraging the strengths of AI and ML to keep up with the changing attack vectors of the adversaries we must defend against. These are an ever-growing number of threats that the IT Security Pro must defend against and having a backup or additional support to help determine the course of action will be helpful. Especially when we must do more with less. Some of these areas may be any of the following:
These are just some of the issues that an IT Security Pro may have to deal with daily. This is not mentioning the biggest threat of all, the end user. No matter how well you have a network protected, this can always be bypassed by the employee who does not want to work within the security guidelines.
Automated Processes for AI & ML While there are number of areas that AI and ML can help, these technologies can also help streamline or automate repetitive processes that require attention from the IT Security Pro. These automated processes can be worked into an application or as part of a solution:
Summary While AI and ML are advancing in their skills and capabilities, it is important to remember that these two supporting technologies will help ease the load from overworked and few IT Security Pros. Having an electronic eye on all the various operations that go on a computer network day in and day out will allow staff to address issues that they should really pay attention to, and not all of the static or background noise. Technology should help to enable the IT Security Pro to better secure the networks that we are responsible for, and not take the jobs away from human beings. Comments are closed.
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