AI Will Soon Replace Cyber Security Staff

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming normal in today's electronically connected world. Combining the latest powerful software with top-of-the-range hardware, AI tools are being used to transform many areas of everyday life, from healthcare to traffic problems.  Running on huge amounts of data and  detailed algorithms, AI systems can perform mammoth computing tasks faster and more efficiently than humans, helping making big strides in research and development.  Now, a survey has revealed the widespread conviction that  cyber security jobs will eventually be entirely automated, operating without human intervention. 

Based on  interviews with 500 UK IT decision-makers, the leading security firm Trend Micro has found that more than third  (41%) believe that AI will replace their role by 2030.

AI's effect on many types of work will prove to be disruptive, projecting a future vision in which robots take jobs from human workers. Alternatively, there is a vision that automation can  create more jobs than it eliminates by providing new tools to exploit as yet unimagined business opportunities.

• 32% of respondents said that they believed that technology would eventually automate all cyber security jobs.

•  Only 9% of the survey respondents said they were confident that AI would “definitely” not replace their jobs within the next ten years.

•  45% of IT bosses were planning to invest in cyber security  training and education - a crucial development  if individuals that are negatively impacted by AI can be re-deployed in other roles.

There are a range of concerns about the impact of  AI, from making many forms of employment for certain professions  obsolete, to the existential  threat that a super intelligent, self-learning machine could pose to humanity.  However, AI can be designed to empower people to share their skills and knowledge and the scope of human intelligence will always exceed even the most powerful AI.

For this reason, it’s important to remain focused on using this powerful technology to support humans, not replace them. While certain industries will need to adapt to AI being used for many tasks, this will remain under the direction of humans.

The risk in coming years is that businesses will attempt to use AI negatively, instead of reinforcing human knowledge and skills. If businesses use AI to undermine their staff and make them feel vulnerable, like using it solely to monitor employee performance, then trust will evaporate. When planning how to best deploy and develop AI decision makers should remember that it’s much harder to regain after it’s been lost than it is to build and maintain it. 

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