By iMISTech Institute 4 min read
Artificial intelligence changes security in two directions at once. It helps defenders spot unusual activity and respond faster. It also creates new things to protect, and new ways for attackers to be convincing.
What changes for defenders
- Faster triage of alerts and logs, so people spend time on what matters.
- Better detection of unusual behaviour across large amounts of data.
- Assistance with drafting reports and playbooks, always reviewed by a person.
What changes for everyone
- Phishing and impersonation can be more fluent and more personal. Verify payment and access requests through a second channel.
- AI tools themselves hold data. Decide what staff may paste into them and which tools are approved.
- Models and the data they depend on become assets worth protecting.
Start with the basics
Strong authentication, patching, backups and staff awareness still prevent most incidents. Add AI-specific rules on top of them rather than instead of them.
This article is general information for decision-makers, not professional, legal or technical advice. Speak to a qualified adviser about your own situation.
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