believes that we stand at a critical juncture in the evolution of AI, where policymakers, security experts, and civil society hold the power to shift the
cybersecurity
landscape decisively in favour of defenders. Keeping that in mind, Google is launching the
AI
Cyber Defense Initiative to help transform cybersecurity and use AI to reverse the dynamic known as the “Defender’s Dilemma”.
What is the Defender’s Dilemma?
As per Google, the main challenge in cybersecurity has been that attackers need just one successful, novel threat to break through the best defenses. “Defenders, meanwhile, need to deploy the best defenses at all times, across increasingly complex digital terrain — and there’s no margin for error. This is the “Defender's Dilemma,” and there’s never been a reliable way to tip that balance,” said two senior executives at Google in a blog post.
Google says that through the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, it is continuing investment in an AI-ready infrastructure, releasing new tools for defenders, and launching new research and AI security training. The company has announced a new “AI for Cybersecurity” cohort of 17 startups from the UK, US and EU under the Google for Startups Growth Academy’s AI for Cybersecurity Program. “This will help strengthen the transatlantic cybersecurity ecosystem with internationalisation strategies, AI tools, and the skills to use them,” the executives revealed.
The company believes that the need of the hour is need targeted investments, partnerships between industry and government, and effective regulatory approaches to empower organisations to maximise the value from AI while limiting utility to adversaries.
Furthermore, the company has announced $2 million in research grants and strategic partnerships that will help strengthen cybersecurity research initiatives using AI, including enhancing code verification, improving understanding of how AI can help with cyber offense and countermeasures for defense, and developing large language models that are more resilient to threats.
“The AI revolution is already underway. While people rightly applaud the promise of new medicines and scientific breakthroughs, we’re also excited about AI’s potential to solve generational security challenges while bringing us close to the safe, secure and trusted digital world we deserve,” noted the two Google executives.
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