AI in cybersecurity transforms threat detection and boosts defense [Video]

As artificial intelligence continues to mature and cyber threats evolve in both sophistication and scale, AI in cybersecurity is emerging as a game-changing technology that is reshaping how organizations defend their digital environments.

Beyond traditional defense mechanisms, AI is driving efficiency by automating complex workflows, reducing human labor and enhancing the speed of threat detection and response. As businesses increasingly rely on distributed computing, AI’s ability to scale security operations is becoming critical to ensuring resilient and proactive defense strategies. With the rise of attack vectors and the demand for more robust security postures, AI is fast becoming the cornerstone of modern cybersecurity infrastructure.

“To kind of simplify the problem, you have a data problem, you have a knowledge problem and then you have kind of a people action problem to solve in security operations,” said Peter Bailey(pictured, left), vice president and general manager of SecOps, Google Cloud Security, at Google LLC. “You kind of need …