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Axios AI+NY Summit: AI hesitancy keeps cybersecurity leaders up at night
Digital resiliency and technology leaders at a June 3 Expert Voices roundtable urged each other to "lean in" to AI tools.
TL;DR
- Cybersecurity experts are urged to embrace AI tools as adversaries weaponize them.
- Maintaining trust and robust governance are crucial for user comfort with AI.
- There's a perceived race against adversaries, particularly China, in AI development and utilization.
- Automation, including AI, has significantly reduced response times to cybersecurity disruptions.
- Currently, there is limited evidence of generative AI being used in tracked cyber disruptions.
- Despite low current usage in disruptions, adversaries may possess advanced AI capabilities.
- Organizations need to ensure governance, resiliency, trust, and security at scale to manage complex digital environments.