From reconnaissance to action, GenAI can be useful for defence all along the cyber kill chain. Here are the three most promising areas.
Threat detection and analysis. GenAI can be invaluable for proactively detecting vulnerability exploits, rapidly assessing their extent — what’s at risk, what’s already compromised and what the damages are — and presenting tried-and-true options for defence and remediation. GenAI can identify patterns, anomalies and indicators of compromise that elude traditional signature-based detection systems.
GenAI is strong at synthesising voluminous data on a cyber incident from multiple systems and sources to help teams understand what has happened. It can present complex threats in easy-to-understand language, advise on mitigation strategies and help with searches and investigations.
Cyber risk and incident reporting. GenAI also promises to make cyber risk and incident reporting much simpler. Vendors already are working on this capability. With the help of natural language processing (NLP), GenAI can turn technical data into concise content that non-technical people can understand. It can help with incident response…
