- Sophos Report finds that companies are worried that Genai’s faults could harm their cybersecurity
- 99% complaint AI is essential when choosing a supplier
- The front approach for humans seems to be the key, says Sophos
The rise of artificial intelligence is the rise of the increase in cybersecurity threats, and companies are struggling to adapt, said new research.
A report by Sophos has revealed that nine out of 10 computer leaders (89%) fear that the defects of the generative AI system can harm the cybersecurity strategies of their businesses.
Despite this, almost all (99%) IT managers now consider essential AI capabilities when selecting a cybersecurity supplier in the perfect example of fighting fire with fire.
The role of AI in cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence has given actors of new powers of actors, transforming the unqualified attackers into creators of more sophisticated code, while making analysts more difficult to trace the origin of threats.
One in five respondents hoped that AI will help them improve protection against cybermenures, 14% hoping for a reduction in employee exhaustion.
All this has a cost, however, four in five believing that new AI tools integrated into their cybersecurity solutions will increase the cost of tools. However, 87% believe that the savings will prevail over the initial costs.
“We have not really taught thinking machines; We simply provided them with the context to accelerate the processing of large amounts of data, “said Global Field CTO Chester Wisniewski Sophos, adding businesses should” trust but check “Genai tools.
An overwhelming majority (98%) of the companies questioned now have a certain form of AI integrated into their cybersecurity infrastructure, but 84% are concerned about pressure to reduce the workforce due to excessive dependence on the technology.
Wisnietski added: “The potential of these tools to accelerate safety workloads is incredible, but this always requires the context and understanding of their human supervisors for this advantage to be achieved.”
In the future, Sophos calls on computer leaders to assess AI providers for things like the quality and source of their training data, to establish measurable results that they hope to achieve from AI and for Adopt an approach on humans.
