AI vs. AI: A Chess Match for the Ages? Not Quite...

AI is revolutionizing both cybersecurity and cybercrime. It offers powerful tools for detecting, preventing, and responding to cyber threats, but it also provides cybercriminals with new methods to carry out attacks.

Now, there’s plenty to talk about with AI. For now, we’re not going to get into robots taking over the world, bias in generative AI responses, or Google’s clumsy first attempt at using AI in its search results. Instead, we’re going to talk about this “chess match” between AI and AI and narrow this article down to two key takeaways.

Key Takeaway Number One: It’s tempting to think of the AI vs. AI battle going on in the cyber realm as a chess match between robots: one artificial brain trying to outmaneuver the other. In reality, it’s more accurate to think of AI as a piece on the board, not the hand moving the pieces. AI is still a tool. A complex tool, to be sure, but a tool nonetheless. The real chess match is between humans using AI to attack and defend.

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Key Takeaway Number Two: This chess match will affect businesses of all shapes and sizes, especially small businesses.

Why? Businesses that are least likely to think of themselves as “targets” are the easiest targets.

?Now, as an MSSP that invests time and money in staying ahead of these kinds of developments, here’s where we could write about all sorts of things: adaptive malware, AI-augmented phishing, deepfakes, chatbots, data mining, advanced threat detection, predictive analytics, risk assessment, proactive defense, behavioral biometrics, adaptive authentication, forensic analysis, incident response... etc. Risk everywhere. You get it.

But let’s just bottom-line things.

To fight back against AI-augmented cybercrime, you’ll need to invest in a cybersecurity professional or an MSSP like Tier 3 Technology.

?Why? Well, consider two simple statements:

1. The evolution of AI in cybercrime will require cybersecurity professionals to adapt and find new ways to develop and deploy AI.
2. The efforts of cybersecurity professionals will require cybercriminals to adapt and find new ways to develop and deploy AI

As time passes, both sides will continue investing time and resources trying to outmaneuver each other. Where does this leave small businesses? It leaves them with a straightforward choice:

Invest in the cybersecurity professionals who work to combat AI-augmented cybercrime... or Wait and see

Businesses choosing option two are becoming easier and more attractive targets every day.