Deepfakes and cybersecurity: Tackling evolving digital threats [Video]

Deepfakes are a critical concern in cybersecurity because they exploit advanced artificial intelligence technology to create highly realistic fake media, often with malicious intent.

Since deepfakes represent an evolving cybersecurity challenge, they require high-level awareness and a combination of technological and societal responses to address effectively, according to Myke Lyons (pictured), chief information security officer of Cribl Inc.

“We’re showing them to our employees, our population base[and] our constituents, whoever they are, and teaching them what to be on the lookout for,” Lyons said. “These deepfakes, while some of them are absolutely hilarious, a lot of them aren’t hilarious, and they’re really traumatizing for some people to listen to. People that are not digital natives will continue to struggle there.”

Lyons spoke with theCUBE Research’s Dave Vellante at the NYSE CXO series, and the interview was rerun at the recent Cyber Resiliency Summit, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed some of the new burning issues in cybersecurity, such …