Cybersecurity: Why AI Is a Double-Edged Sword in the Fight Against Cyberattacks
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 16 Sept 2024
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- 3
- Australian
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- 10 Mar 2025, 10:27 pm
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Artificial intelligence can overwhelm traditional cybersecurity based on rigid rules and human oversight. But it can also provide the best defence.
Summary
The article highlights the dual role of artificial intelligence in the cybersecurity landscape. While AI can significantly bolster defenses by proactively managing threats, it can also amplify the scale and sophistication of cyberattacks if misused. This creates a complex scenario that requires immediate attention and careful regulation. The discussion underscores AI's potential to disrupt traditional cybersecurity methods, which primarily rely on static rules and human intervention. Although the piece centers on cybersecurity, its insights are crucial for broader AI governance discourse, particularly in developing policies that preemptively address AI's misuse in creating catastrophic risks.
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TechnologyCyber SummitPrint articleSep 16, 2024 – 1.58pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginArtificial intelligence continues to make headlines around the world, and while its economic implications are widely debated, the real game-changer may well be in how it is reshaping cybersecurity. This technology, while revolutionary, is something of a double-edged sword that demands our immediate attention.In the wrong hands, AI technology can be used to increase the speed and scale of cyberattacks. But that same technology can also be used to enhance cybersecurity and proactively manage those threats.Loading...Rita Gattis national lead partner, regulation, security and risk at Deloitte Australia.SaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreCyber SummitOpinionAICybersecurityAFR LiveFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy endJun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak upSally Patten and Lap PhanThe four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersEugenie KellyThis machine can bring out the creative streak you never knew you hadThis data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersBillionaire Nicola Forrest appoints UBank boss to run family officePrimrose RiordanVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisions