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AI and cybersecurity: weapon or shield for your organisation?

Published on 14 January 2025
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AI is revolutionising cybersecurity for better... and for worse!  

Is it a new weapon in the hands of cybercriminals or an effective shield protecting our information systems?

Co-written by Cédric VASSEURORSYS trainer, expert in AI and cybersecurity, and the editors of ORSYS le mag, this white paper will help you understand the advantages and disadvantages of AI.

You'll find figures, references to AI-based cybersecurity solutions, examples of AI hijacking and deconstructed scams...

In summary

  • AI at the service of cybersecurity
    • Faster detection and response to threats
    • Anticipating threats
    • Automated responses
  • The risks of AI
    • Existing threats enhanced by AI
    • New risks: vulnerable AIs
  • Best practice and recommendations

Excerpts

In short

26 pages

White paper free of charge

Expert : Cédric VASSEUR

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3 extracts


LB AI and cybersecurity - False positive extract

SORTING AND PRIORITISING ALERTS :
IA REDUCES FALSE POSITIVES

Organisations are saturated with
alerts : a medium-sized company
receives over 5,000 security alerts
per day
This makes manual management impractical.


AI-based security solutions
can prioritise alerts by
according to their severity (scoring).

OPTIMISED BRUTE FORCE ATTACKS

Brute force attacks consist of trying to
multiple combinations of
until you find the right one.

AI can speed up this process by predicting the most likely passwords based on the
publicly accessible personal information
(dates of birth, first names of
children...).

LB AI and cybersecurity - extract 3
LB AI and cybersecurity Deepfake

ANATOMY OF A DEEPFAKE SCAM

The facts: in 2023, the Hong Kong subsidiary
of a British multinational was
victim of a sophisticated fraud using
deepfake technology, leading to
26 million loss.

The operation took place in 5 stages...

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Our expert

Cédric VASSEUR

AI and robotics

Trainer, lecturer and columnist specialising in new technologies linked to robotics and artificial intelligence [...].