CYBERSECURITY REVIEW8 OCTOBER 2024Despite artificial intelligence (AI) being around for decades, it has become the new buzzword de' jour for everything from design, content creation, business analytics, and even cyber security with many companies running headfirst into the quagmire of information, solutions, and strategies with little history or experience in the benefits and pitfalls of its use. Even sophisticated companies are struggling to determine what their strategy should be and how best to deploy it. Being a buzzword at the moment often confuses people as to what artificial intelligence actually is compared to data analytics. AI is really about learning from experience by reproducing cognitive abilities to automate tasks in an autonomous way that can use data analytics to drive the outcomes but is not necessarily dependent on the static process data analytics uses to draw conclusions about its particular data set.A recent example of where the hype can be detrimental has been the use and integration of Internet of Things (IoT) devices that, when thoughtfully deployed, provided many advantages and opportunities to the user. These systems also could create havoc when unsophisticated or unwitting users went down the rabbit hole and cobbled together systems from various manufacturers of questionable origins creating virtual wide open back doors for bad actors or inadvertent and often catastrophic mistakes by well-meaning employees. For a while, it seemed like every manufacturer of technology was slapping an IoT label on their product to generate sales. This led to several products that had no security, left vulnerable back doors open, or broadcast data across public networks creating opportunities for mischievous actors to cause problems. It takes me back to the 1983 movie War Games, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, mistakenly hacking the United States military's supercomputer, almost causing a nuclear war while thinking they were playing a video game.While just a movie, it does highlight some of the current challenges with AI and cybersecurity in that no system is 100% secure and that there will always be two sides to the coin ­ good and bad. Artificial intelligence certainly has benefits, and these should be explored to fit a company's unique circumstances with advice and direction from qualified players that will align the mission, vision, and actions appropriately in the most cost-effective way. Unfortunately, reading on the ARE WE ARTIFICIALLY INFLATING AI IN CYBERSECURITY?By Raymond Kent, ASTC, Assoc AIA, Senior Design Leader, Principal, DLR GroupRaymond Kent is an award-winning, internationally recognized technology consultant working in the architecture and engineering space who frequently works with top-tier clients across multiple sectors advising them on a multitude of topics including AI, IoT, sustainability, augmented and virtual reality, and more.IN MY OPINIONRaymond Kent
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