This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Paul Doucas, executive director of business development for SysLogic.
This Brookfield-based company provides information systems consulting and services to both public and private customers, offering software development, database management and more.
Doucas shares insights on how artificial intelligence is impacting the cybersecurity field, noting this rapidly evolving technology “is going to be so disruptive in so many ways” to a wide array of industries.
“There is not enough cybersecurity specialists in the market, really to meet the demand,” he said. “I actually believe that talent gap is going to be one of the key drivers of adoption of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.”
Professionals working in this field are “overtaxed” given the prevalence of cybercrime, Doucas said, adding AI can help ease that burden and improve efficiency. Plus, the technology can improve detection of cyberattacks and help users understand potential threats.
“AI will bring capabilities that humans can’t do … better tooling, more intelligent tooling and identification of threats, reporting of thefts, the investigation process,” he said.
But at the same time, AI poses a serious threat when in the wrong hands, he said.
“That’s the nature of cybersecurity; it’s so fluid,” he said. “As technologies evolve and more protective measures come into place for enterprises to use and people to use, those threat actors, they’re figuring out different ways to break those barriers.”
SysLogic next month is hosting a Cybersecurity Summit in partnership with the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The Oct. 13 event will feature panel discussions and remarks from tech experts from around the state.
Listen to the podcast below, sponsored by UW-Madison:
