Security teams must use the exact same AI tools that create those attacks in the first place, says Brian Foster. Deepfakes are realistic, hard to detect and surprisingly easy-to-create facsimiles of real people. Security leaders need to be strategic and impactful, and leverage technology that can protect against these types of new threats, he says. Foster: Security teams need to use the same tools that created those attacks to fight against them. He says IT professionals must ensure that anyone or anything that tries to access company data is fully verified before gaining access.
Source: https://threatpost.com/deepfakes-ai-fighting-cybersecurity-fire/154978/