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AI is empowering both cybersecurity teams and cybercriminals.
Consultancy EY urges CISOs to be proactive to minimize risk.
The company shares 12 safety tips in a new report.
It's become a bit of a cliché to describe AI as a double-edged sword, but that doesn't make the phrase untrue.
Cybersecurity experts have been particularly vocal on this point. "AI amplifies defense through faster detection and response but simultaneously lowers the cost and complexity of attacks," consulting firm EY wrote in a report published earlier this month called "AI and cybersecurity: The new frontier of business resilience."
"While defenders use AI to identify threats, adversaries leverage the same technologies for deception," the report said.
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