Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in many industries currently, as new uses for and applications of AI are discovered to great benefit including financial savings, improved time efficiency and better automation. But is AI a threat to security or an opportunity to improve security? Thus in the course of this workshop presentations and debate will seek to enlighten attendees on what is AI’s impact on cyber security – is it a force for good or is it helping attackers leverage more resource than ever before? This day-long workshop will hear from industry case studies, academic researchers and security professionals on the full range of AI functionality to help answer these questions and more.
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Target audience:
The target audience includes those seeking how to best leverage AI for their organisation, looking to improve their knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art in AI, or to understand how AI is currently used, with a focus on security. Academics in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence are welcome, as are industry security professionals who also use AI to great effect.
Artificial Intelligence & Security thread on 19 June 2019
The use of AI presents security opportunities, but also many challenges. How do we secure AI systems and have confidence in what they tell us? Who is responsible if AI goes wrong? How can we assure and compare AI systems? We explore these themes and where standards play a role in securing AI and utilising AI to improve security.
Role of Security in Trustworthy AI
Kate Reed, NCSC
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity – the EU View
Florent Frederix, European Commission
Ethical Governance for AI
Scott Cadzow, CL3
Coffee, Posters & Demos
The technology behind AI has created sophisticated systems for defence. AI can defend a network intelligently: prioritizing incidents, tipping abnormal behaviour and learning from the response – all reducing the load on human analysts to intervene. In this session, we explore various applications and research of AI for defence, going into the technology used to detect and prevent real attacks across a range of industry.
The use of AI/ML to Malicious URL Prediction
Amir Javed, Cardiff University, School of Computer Science and Informatics
Insider Threat Protection
Jamie Graves, Fortinet
Applying AI to Detect and Hunt Advanced Attackers
Matt Walmsley, Vectra
Trustworthy Human Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
Nineta Polemi, European Commission
Applying AI to Protect 5G Control Traffic
Antonio Pastor, Telefónica I+D
ETSI Explainer (Amphi Athena)
ETSI Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL)– An Open Approach to DLT Operations - Antonio Pastor, ISG PDL
ETSI Explainer (Amphi Athena)
Overview of Quantum-Safe VPNs, Mark Pecen TC CYBER WG QSC
At times, AI may seem like science fiction – but it is already being used across industries today.
Real World Early Adopter Experience of AI in the Field
Patrick Donegan, HardenStance Ltd
Use Cases from Using AI in an Anti-adversarial Role
Hippolyte Fouque, Darktrace
Protective Optimization Technologies
Svetla Nikova, KU Leuven
Coffee, Posters & Demos
The Challenge of Applying AI in Security Controls
Tony Rutkowski, CIS
Issues Arising from the AI Standardization Landscape Report
Wolfgang Ziegler, Fraunhofer/StandICT
Panel Session on the SWOT of AI
Moderator: Kate Reed, NCSC
Our panellists discuss the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) presented by AI in industry today. We'll hear a range of viewpoints, with early adopters already experiencing much of the SWOT aspects in real use cases. Panellists will also discuss how to maximise the Strengths and Opportunities AI presents, and how to lower the Weaknesses and Threats, through a range of approaches - including standards.
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Close of the Workshop - Networking Cocktail
Access to the Presentations given during the thread on Artificial Intelligence & Security