Survey finds 96% of execs are considering adopting ‘offensive AI’ against cyberattacks

VentureBeat April 8, 2021
Kyle Wiggers

“Offensive AI” will enable cybercriminals to direct attacks against enterprises while flying under the radar of conventional, rules-based detection tools. That’s according to a new survey published by MIT Technology Review Insights and Darktrace, which found that more than half of business leaders believe security strategies based on human-led responses are failing.

The MIT and Darktrace report surveyed more than 300 C-level executives, directors, and managers worldwide to understand how they perceive the cyberthreats they’re up against. A high percentage of respondents (55%) said traditional security solutions can’t anticipate new AI-driven attacks, while 96% said they’re adopting “defensive AI” to remedy this. Here, “defensive AI” refers to self-learning algorithms that understand normal user, device, and system patterns in an organization...

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