{"id":13182,"date":"2024-06-06T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/?p=13182"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:38:03","slug":"ai-the-double-edged-sword-in-cyber-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/2024\/06\/06\/ai-the-double-edged-sword-in-cyber-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"AI: The double-edged sword in cyber warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mary Ann Miller, VP Evangelist & Fraud Executive Advisor, Prove, on strategic mapping and the right defense.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mary Ann Miller, VP Evangelist & Fraud Executive Advisor, Prove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As AI advances by leaps and bounds, it serves as both a shield and a sword in the ever-evolving battlefield of cyber warfare. While AI empowers companies to fortify their defenses against cyberattacks, it also elevates the sophistication of these very attacks, leaving employees feeling overwhelmed and ill-equipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent data from EY reveals a staggering 39% of employees currently lack confidence in using AI responsibly, especially Millennial and Gen Z employees. There\u2019s a growing concern that they\u2019ll unknowingly make their employers vulnerable to serious cybersecurity attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, AI isn\u2019t something to shun, conversely it serves as an incredible opportunity to potentially gain countless competitive advantages. While the previously mentioned concerns are valid, companies can benefit from AI while reducing risk and empowering their employees. In fact, the organizations that foster cultures of awareness and invest in comprehensive training initiatives will be best positioned for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strategic Mapping: The Heart of AI Training and Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t govern AI use cases you don\u2019t know exist or those you don\u2019t understand. Building a roadmap of your organization\u2019s vulnerabilities and developing the right defenses for those exposure points is the best place to start. That\u2019s why I highly recommend starting with an AI-specific strategic mapping engagement. It\u2019s a detailed, visual exercise that identifies the functions that connect all of your AI use cases and scenarios. It also brings clarity to your organization\u2019s current usage of AI, as well as any new use cases that might be fitting in the near future based on the nature of your business and any of your organization\u2019s high-level strategies and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mapping exposure is a detailed process that gets highly technical. However, think of it as an audit of all of the AI tools you use, how they function and how your employees engage with them, the risks they could potentially pose to your networks and systems, whether you use free or paid tools and the nature of their terms and conditions, any vulnerabilities these tools or your own tech stack might have, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also important to consider unusual, malicious attacks that could happen outside of normal business use of AI tools. For example, what if a bad actor at one of your call centers cloned some of your customers\u2019 voices to engage in malicious, fraudulent activity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if a bot that has access to the right security responses interacts with your chatbot to gain additional information or to gain illegal access to a customer\u2019s account? What preventative measures could you put into place to avoid these or similar situations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, many organizations lack the knowledge or expertise to take this critical first step. I recommend reaching out to subject matter experts to map your risk assessment. Then you can present your strategic map to your board or executive management team for both situational awareness and a moment to take action. Once you\u2019ve identified potential attack vectors and other areas of vulnerability, you\u2019ll also be able to create a more comprehensive, relevant, and effective training program for your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deploying a Holistic Approach to Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, once you have key insights and strategies tailored to meet your organization\u2019s unique needs, you\u2019ll be able to address any AI concerns proactively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prioritize employee education and make cybersecurity awareness an integral part of your company culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few ways you could make that happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Strategic Mapping: <\/strong>continually mapping AI functions within your organization to integrate governance protocols proactively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Interactive Training:<\/strong> dynamic training tailored to your organization’s needs, supported by real-world use cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Continuous Adaptation:<\/strong> ongoing educational updates to tackle evolving cybersecurity threats so your organization stays ahead of risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • AI Help Desk:<\/strong> a centralized resource for real-time support, promoting collaboration and proactive problem-solving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • AI Q&A FAQ Document:<\/strong> a comprehensive document to supplement training, providing clarity for common queries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            AI will transform business in ways we can\u2019t even begin to imagine. The businesses that get AI governance right and promote safe use will benefit, while those that do not invest in training and governance will lag – the best time to get started is now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Mary Ann Miller, VP Evangelist & Fraud Executive Advisor, Prove, on strategic mapping and the right defense. As AI advances by leaps and bounds, it serves as both a shield and a sword in the ever-evolving battlefield of cyber warfare. While AI empowers companies to fortify their defenses against cyberattacks, it also elevates the sophistication […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":13611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,3],"tags":[99,4367,4368,4369,4370,4371],"class_list":["post-13182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","category-top-stories","tag-ai","tag-cyber-warfare","tag-defense","tag-mary-ann-miller","tag-prove","tag-strategic-mapping"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13186,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182\/revisions\/13186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/latam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}