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Hundreds of thousands of people live in the city of Las Vegas. But the city\u2019s information security team is made up of just three employees and one intern, so the chief information officer of Las Vegas relies on artificial intelligence to keep the city\u2019s data and tech secure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe things that keep me up most are ransomware and phishing,\u201d Vegas CIO Michael Sherwood tells TechCrunch. \u201cThey\u2019re some of the simplest attacks but the hardest to defend against.\u201d In order to rest easy at night, Sherwood relies on AI security solutions from Darktrace to support his small team.<\/p>\n
Artificial intelligence is becoming buzzy throughout the tech industry, and cybersecurity is no different. Enterprise security firms are adding AI features to their products to detect anomalies on customers\u2019 networks \u2014 no human intervention required.<\/p>\n
But Darktrace, which launched in 2013, says it\u2019s been using AI since the beginning. \u201cWe\u00a0have a three-plus year lead on anyone else,\u201d says CEO Nicole Eagan. \u201cA\u00a0lot of companies are messaging machine learning. I always ask, \u2018What is it doing?\u2019 The way we are using it is quite different.\u201d<\/p>\n
While some vendors use machine learning to teach their products to recognize malware, Eagan says her team uses machine learning to give enterprise networks a \u201csense of self\u201d so they can detect intrusions. She likens it to a human immune system, which detects infections and responds automatically.<\/p>\n
Detection has been part of Darktrace\u2019s product for a while now, but automated response is new \u2014 and it\u2019s a crucial feature for small teams like Sherwood\u2019s. \u201cWith Darktrace, a lot of the worry is taken out of certain components,\u201d he says. \u201cAs it tells us what it would like to do, we can say those are good responses and implement these controls immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
The goal is for Darktrace to eventually take over, making decisions about its responses without approval from a human. The AI takeover might sound intimidating, but Sherwood is bullish on the idea. He compared his all-in approach to Uber and Lyft, which fought regulators and the taxi industry to deploy on Vegas streets. \u201cDo you go in all the way or do you not?,\u201d he asks. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t live without artificial intelligence. Humans make wrong decisions every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of thousands of people live in the city of Las Vegas. But the city’s information security team is made up of just three employees and one intern, so the chief information officer of Las Vegas relies on artificial intelligence to keep the city’s data and tech secure. “The things that keep me up most are ransomware and phishing,” Vegas CIO Michael Sherwood… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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