The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Cybersecurity Measures on Threat Detection and Prevention
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Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, AI Challenges, Data PrivacyAbstract
Recent advancements in AI have marked itself significant in cybersecurity due to its ability to boost detection and prevention mechanisms. This paper explores AI's status in cybersecurity, its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and the extent of adoption in organizations. This procedure involved a cross-sectional survey of over 1000 IT and security professionals from across the international population. The studies revealed that 82% of organizations have selected AI strategies for cybersecurity, and 63% view AI in cybersecurity as increasing security efficiently. Despite this, there are concerns, as 87% of users continue to worry about AI as a tool in cybercrime, especially malware, 33%, and data breaches, 30%. Also, only one-third of the workforce is confident about the safety of AI technologies available in the market. Other issues the study outlines include data privacy concerns (58%, and change management involving the workforce (56%). This paper also concludes that while AI enhances cybersecurity protection, the laws and ethics have limitations that must be tackled to harness AI's advantages.
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