In its effort to support organizations around the world, ISF published the October 2019 edition of its “Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in Information Security” report, the latest collection of organizations that helps security professionals eliminate confusion, demystifying artificial intelligence in the field of information security.

These recent research by the ISF, an international and independent body whose purpose is the search for good practices in the field of information security, revealed that artificial intelligence already presents risks for information assets. as well as the possibility of significantly improving cyber defense.

The report also points to the risks of sophisticated artificial intelligence-based attacks that can compromise information and severely impact business at a faster pace than ever before. Taking steps both to secure internal Artificial Intelligence systems and to defend against AI-based external threats will become vitally important to reducing information-related risks. For this, the ISF noted that organizations must be prepared to adapt their defenses to cope with the scale and complexity of AI-based cyberattacks.

According to the report, the AI ​​can automate many tasks, helping understaffed security services address the lack of specialized skills and improve the efficiency of their specialists. However, according to the ISF, the attackers do not sit idly by. As AI-based threats become more complex, security officials will need to use AI-supported defenses just to keep up-to-date, the report said.

The drifts of the AI ​​do not apply only to the security of the information. Several other applications of technology, such as certain uses of facial recognition, are disparaged as being harmful to humanity.

Last March at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla and SpaceX, reiterated his warnings about the danger of intelligence artificial. According to Musk, there should be a regulatory body overseeing the development of this technology.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili also warned, last year at a briefing in London, that artificial intelligence would be “a greater risk to humanity than climate change and terrorism.” The President of the British Science Association added that artificial intelligence, whether good or bad, would impact the world more than all these other burning issues of the day.

He also discussed the use of public regulation, warning that the real potential of artificial intelligence can not be revealed without greater transparency and public engagement. For him, as long as government, industry and academics do not come together to act, artificial intelligence could quickly become uncontrollable and centralized in the hands of some extremely powerful societies.

Pour l’heure, l’ISF met à la disposition des entreprises membres le rapport « Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in Information Security » via son site web. 63 % des décideurs informatiques envisagent d’utiliser la technologie de l’intelligence artificielle pour automatiser leurs processus de sécurité, d’après ce rapport.

Source : ISF