The RSA Conference next week will feature a lot of GenAI rhetoric, but cybersecurity professionals are already trying it out in areas including security hygiene and posture management, incident response, and threat intelligence analysis.
At the mecca of security gatherings in San Francisco May 6 to 9, the hyperbolic topic du jour will be generative AI — particularly governance, threats and how generative AI can provide a defender’s advantage.
Trade shows like RSA are always filled with product and industry embellishment. So, the first question worth asking is this: Are security professionals even interested in generative AI?
According to research from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group, the answer is yes — and overwhelmingly so. When asked if their organization uses open GenAI applications such as ChatGPT for cybersecurity, 75% of security professionals reported they do so regularly while another 19% use open GenAI on an occasional basis.
A lot of this is pure experimentation, but regardless, GenAI is rapidly becoming a go-to tool for threat analysts, malware analysts, red teamers and others.
To dig further, we asked security professionals to identify the use cases…
