AI Leadership Insights: AI Offense And Defense
Techstrong.ai, Monday, November 4th, 2024
In this AI Leadership Insights interview, Amanda Razani speaks with the CEO of Blackpoint Cyber, Jon Murchison, about AI offense and defense, protecting AI-enabled infrastructures, and the positives and negatives associated with AI from a cyber standpoint.
In this episode of the Techstrong AI Leadership Insights series, host Amanda Razani interviews Jon Murchison, CEO and founder of Blackpoint Cyber, about cybersecurity challenges in an AI-driven landscape.
Jon explains that his company provides a managed detection and response platform with a 24/7 threat operations center, focused on securing both on-premises and cloud environments. He highlights the increase in cyber threats targeting cloud infrastructure, and advanced phishing methods enabled by generative AI, which make it easier for attackers to deceive employees and gain access to sensitive information. Jon notes that, with AI's ability to create convincing phishing schemes, the threat landscape has evolved, making cybersecurity more complex and urgent.