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Artificial Intelligence - Ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future
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Artificial Intelligence - Ethical, social, and security impacts for the present and the future

by Julie Mehan
June 2022
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
6h 20m
English
IT Governance Publishing
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CHAPTER 6: AI AND CYBERSECURITY – AI AS A SWORD OR A SHIELD?

“AI can be both a blessing and a curse for cybersecurity. This is confirmed by the fact that AI is being used both as a sword (i.e. in support of malicious attacks) and as a shield (to counter cybersecurity risks).”

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AI as a sword

Cyber attacks continue to rise and many are using AI as part of the attack. In addition, the AI itself may be vulnerable to a cyber attack. Unlike traditional cyber attacks that can be triggered by errors in code or improper network configuration, AI attacks are enabled by inherent limitations in the underlying AI algorithms.

Although there haven’t been any robot or AI uprisings (at least not yet!), AI-based cyber attacks have happened ...

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