Chapter 101: Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cybersecurity

Anurag Gurtu, and Damien Lim     StrikeReady Inc., Fremont, CA, United States

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is actively utilized and works in the background to benefit consumers and businesses. This chapter focuses on how AI can be used to enhance cybersecurity and the challenges and risks involved. It covers the fundamentals, algorithms, and learning modes of AI and how they can be applied to various security technologies and processes.

There are many different AI models, but specific examples stand out as proven applications to cybersecurity, such as machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), generative AI (GenAI), natural language processing (NLP), and knowledge graph (KG). ...

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