Security News > 2024 > February > How AI is reshaping the cybersecurity job landscape

88% of cybersecurity professionals believe that AI will significantly impact their jobs, now or in the near future, and 35% have already witnessed its effects, according to ISC2's AI study, AI Cyber 2024.

The survey respondents are highly positive about the potential for AI. Overall, 82% agree that AI will improve their job efficiency as cybersecurity professionals.

Again, the obsolescence of job functions isn't necessarily a negative, but rather noting the evolving nature of the role of people in cybersecurity in the face of rapidly evolving and autonomous software solutions, particularly those charged with carrying out repetitive and time-consuming cybersecurity tasks.

"Cybersecurity professionals anticipate both the opportunities and challenges AI presents, and are concerned their organizations lack the expertise and awareness to introduce AI into their operations securely," said ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso, CC. "This creates a tremendous opportunity for cybersecurity professionals to lead, applying their expertise in secure technology and ensuring its safe and ethical use. In fact, ISC2 has developed AI workshops to foster the expert-led collaboration the cybersecurity workforce needs to address this challenge."

Regardless, 63% said regulation of AI should come from collaborative government efforts and 54% wanting national governments to take the lead. The survey revealed that 12% of respondents said their organizations had blocked all access to generative AI tools in the workplace.

AI is everywhere, and while the cybersecurity industry was quick to adopt AI and ML as part of its latest generation of defensive and monitoring technologies, so too have the bad actors, who are leaning on the same technology to elevate the sophistication, speed, and accuracy of their own cybercrime activities.

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