Even though over half of organisations recently polled say they’re enthusiastic about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning in their Cybersecurity operations, nearly 60% still feel getting humans to check things out is superior to sole reliance on the robots.
The data was gathered by San Jose-headquartered WhiteHat Security, which polled people at the world’s biggest annual Security conference held at the end of last month in San Francisco, RSA.
The group says that the findings reflect the need for security organisations to incorporate both AI- and human-centric offerings, especially in the application security space.
For example, its researchers also found that three-quarters of respondents use an application security tool, and more than one in four of those application security solutions use both AI-based and human-based verification.
In a blog on the WhiteHat website commenting on the findings, the company notes that its data chimes with the overall theme of RSA 2020, which was all about ‘The Human Element’ in any case.
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“Through visiting with fellow conference-goers and attending sessions led by industry experts, our team noticed this like minded sentiment: security organizations need to incorporate both AI- and human-centric offerings, especially in the application security space,” notes the firm’s Anthony Bettini.
“We can say without hesitation that AI is helping businesses across all industries (healthcare, financial services, automotive, critical infrastructure, etc.). The same is certainly valid in Cybersecurity; AI and Machine Learning provide countless advantages to Cybersecurity professionals, specifically in the face of the technology talent gap (45% of respondents say their companies are lacking a sufficiently staffed cybersecurity team),” he points out.
And as more than 70% of respondents agree that AI-based tools made their cybersecurity teams more efficient by eliminating mundane tasks, for Bettini, “People will always play a role in cybersecurity, no matter how autonomous AI is able to make security processes”
Go here for a downloadable version of the findings (data capture needed).
