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Understanding AI in Cybersecurity and Secure AI

Written by Dilli Prasad Sharma,Arash Habibi Lashkari,Pulei Xiong,Mahdi Daghmehchi Firoozjaei,Samaneh Mahdavifar

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255 pages, about 5 hours of reading

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This book presents an overview of the emerging topics in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity and addresses the latest AI models that could be potentially applied to a range of cybersecurity areas. Furthermore, it provides different techniques of how to make the AI algorithms secure from adversarial attacks. The book presents the cyber threat landscape and explains the various spectrums of AI and the applications and limitations of AI in cybersecurity. Moreover, it explores the applications and limitations of secure AI. The authors discuss the three categories of machine learning (ML) models and reviews cutting-edge recent Deep Learning (DL) models. Furthermore, the book provides a general AI framework in security as well as different modules of the framework; similarly, chapter four proposes a general framework for secure AI. It explains different aspects of network security including malware and attacks. The book also includes a comprehensive study of various scopes of application security; categorised into three groups of smartphone, web application, and desktop application and delves into the concepts of cloud security. The authors discuss state-of-the-art Internet of Things (IoT) security and describe various challenges of AI for cybersecurity, such as data diversity, model customising, explainability, and time complexity and includes some future work. They provide a comprehensive understanding of adversarial machine learning including the up-to-date adversarial attacks and defences. The book finishes off with a discussion of the challenges and future work in secure AI. Overall, this book covers applications of AI models to various fields of cybersecurity and appeals not only to an scholarly audience but also to professionals wanting to learn more about the new developments in these areas.

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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, serving as a vital resource for both academics and professionals. It meticulously details how AI models can be leveraged to enhance various cybersecurity domains, from network and application security to cloud and IoT security. Furthermore, the text critically addresses the emerging challenge of securing AI systems themselves against sophisticated adversarial attacks, proposing frameworks and techniques for robust AI defense. By examining both the applications and limitations of AI in cybersecurity and secure AI, the authors provide a holistic view of this rapidly evolving field, concluding with discussions on current challenges and future research directions.

This book presents an overview of the emerging topics in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity and addresses the latest AI models that could be potentially applied to a range of cybersecurity areas.

Key themes

The Dual Role of AI in Cybersecurity
This theme explores the two-sided nature of Artificial Intelligence within the cybersecurity landscape: its immense potential as a tool for defense and threat detection, and simultaneously, its emergence as a new attack surface requiring its own robust security measures. The book consistently highlights how AI can automate defenses, predict threats, and analyze vast datasets, while also emphasizing that AI models themselves can be exploited or tricked by adversaries.
The Imperative of Secure AI
This theme underscores the critical necessity of developing AI systems that are inherently secure, robust, and resilient against manipulation and attacks. It moves beyond merely using AI for security to focusing on securing AI itself, especially given its growing role in sensitive and critical applications. The ethical implications of compromised AI systems, particularly in security contexts, are implicitly highlighted.
Challenges in AI for Cybersecurity
This theme delves into the practical and theoretical hurdles that impede the effective deployment and reliability of AI in cybersecurity. It highlights issues such as the diversity and quality of data, the difficulty in customizing models for specific security contexts, the crucial need for explainability in AI decisions, and the computational complexity and time requirements of AI algorithms.

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