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RSA Conference 2024: Exploring our Current Cybersecurity

Realities Amidst AI Myths

By Kylie Amison, Special to Cyber Defense Magazine

AI. Artificial Intelligence. One acronym, two words that seem to have reshaped the landscape of
cybersecurity. At the 2024 RSA Conference, it was ubiquitous: stamped on almost every booth's
showcase, invoked in nearly 150 speaker sessions, and echoed in my many interviews with C-level
executives.

According to Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Security, it's estimated that 93% of
organizations have some AI usage [1], reflecting the booming market projected to reach $407 billion by
2027 [2]. But what truly constitutes AI, and how does it differ from the already adopted machine learning
technology? Are companies genuinely utilizing AI as professed? And if so, how do we, cybersecurity
professionals, protect and govern something that is evolving so fast?

More concerningly, are attackers leveraging AI like we believe they might be? In both conversations with
industry experts and attendance to keynote sessions highlighting current trends in security, I gained
intriguing perspectives and observations, shedding light on our current cybersecurity realities amidst the
pervasive use of AI.

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