Show Notes
In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we speak with Professor Jon Whittle about the potential impact of AI on the future of security.
Jon is the Director at CSIRO's Data61, Australia's national centre for R&D in data science and digital technologies. With over 800 staff and affiliates, partnerships with industries across almost every sector, and collaborations with over 30 Universities, Data61 acts both as a centre for expertise and an enabler for national initiatives.
Data61's strengths are in #artificialintelligence and #machinelearning, #cybersecurity and #privacy preserving technologies, #robotics and #autonomous systems, and #computationalscience. Data61 works across the entirety of CSIRO, collaborating with scientists and engineers in manufacturing, health and biosecurity, agriculture and food, minerals, land and water, oceans and atmosphere, and energy.
Data61 offers computer scientists, data scientists, engineers and designers a unique opportunity to work on cutting edge research that will translate into real-world positive impacts on society.
Jon covers a range of topics including:
The key security threats that AI and ML might help mitigate or prevent?
How AI and ML are currently being used in both the physical and cybersecurity space, and what results have they achieved so far?
The main challenges or limitations of using AI and ML for security purposes.
How AI can help with threat detection, especially against sophisticated or zero-day attacks?
How adversaries are using AI for malicious purposes.
What can be done to counteract such threats?
The role human experts play in an AI-driven security framework, and how that might change in the future?
How organizations can ensure the AI systems they adopt for security are unbiased and reliable?
What ethical considerations should be kept in mind when deploying AI and ML for security purposes?
How AI might impact data privacy and regulatory compliance in the realm of physical and cybersecurity?
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