Cybersecurity Gets Smart.

The article reports on the initiatives of researchers to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to improve cybersecurity. It discusses security breaches and cyber protection schemes and highlights the security software introduced by Deep Instinct that uses artificial neural netwo...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 29 - 32
Main Author:	Greengard, Samuel
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery May2016
Subjects:	Machine learning Internet security Computer security software Artificial neural networks Artificial intelligence
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article reports on the initiatives of researchers to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to improve cybersecurity. It discusses security breaches and cyber protection schemes and highlights the security software introduced by Deep Instinct that uses artificial neural network to digest data and put it into use. Other AI projects cited include the use of algorithm that analyzes relationships with peer files, and use of touch signature to authenticate a mobile device.