Security and AI: Jon France, CISO, ISC2

2024-12-05

AI poses risks to security, through possible flaws in the applications themselves, and by AI being used by threat actors to develop malware and improve their targeting. But there’s also plenty who argue that AI offers a chance to improve security. Certainly there are plenty of vendors promoting AI-enhanced versions of their products, promising to react faster, and pick up more threats. Which side, though, will win out? And should cybersecurity professionals fear AI, or see it as an ally?

AI poses risks to security, through possible flaws in the applications themselves, and by AI being used by threat actors to develop malware and improve their targeting.

But there’s also plenty who argue that AI offers a chance to improve security. Certainly there are plenty of vendors promoting AI-enhanced versions of their products, promising to react faster, and pick up more threats.

Which side, though, will win out? And should cybersecurity professionals fear AI, or see it as an ally?

Our guest this week is Jon France, CISO at ISC Two. On the back of the organisation’s recent Cybersecurity Workforce Study, he discusses AI, good and bad, with editor Stephen Pritchard.

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