AI helps institutions strengthen cybersecurity posture, U. Wisconsin CISO says

EdScoop: Using technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning is essential to being able to protect organizations against malicious actors, who are becoming better and faster at outsmarting their targets, cybersecurity experts said during an online event Thursday.

“The criminals that are out there, they’re also using AI and ML to advance their ability to create malware,” Bob Turner, chief information security officer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said during Fortinet’s Security Transformation Summit. But by implementing AI and ML tools, institutions can situate themselves to better respond to incoming attacks, and gain key insights into where the next targets may be, he said.

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