Vicky Bruce, Global Capability Manager of Cybersecurity Services at Rockwell Automation, explains why AI can be a double-edged sword for OT/ICS cybersecurity. This article originally appeared in Insight Jam, an enterprise IT community that enables human conversation on AI.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly transforming how industrial organizations think about cybersecurity. On one hand, it helps security teams spot threats earlier, automate responses, and reduce downtime. On the other hand, it gives cyber attackers tools to launch more targeted, convincing, and damaging attacks—often in seconds.
Cybersecurity threats are evolving as fast as the technologies meant to stop them. For cybersecurity teams tasked with protecting operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS), this is both a leap forward and a growing risk. In the field, the same AI model that helps prevent downtime one day can trigger a false positive —or worse, be manipulated—on another. Security teams face the challenge of tapping into AI’s potential without introducing new vulnerabilities.
The Expanding Cyber Risk Landscape
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