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Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity at a pace that outstrips the mechanisms society has historically relied on to secure digital systems. Recent advances in generative AI and agentic systems are expanding capabilities for both attackers and defenders, potentially reshaping the balance between offense and defense.
This rapid expert consultation examines these issues, identifies key near-term risks and long-term opportunities, and considers a range of policy and research options to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity.
Learn more by exploring the digital overview and downloading the publication.
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Digital Overview: Implications of AI for Cybersecurity
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Our new rapid expert consultation examines how AI is reshaping cybersecurity and expanding capabilities for both attackers and defenders. Explore the digital overview, which presents near-term risks, long-term opportunities, and a range of policy and research options to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity.
AI Will Elevate Near-Term Cybersecurity Risks but — with Investment and Coordination — Can Strengthen Cybersecurity in the Long Run
News Release
To counteract emerging cyberthreats posed by artificial intelligence, the baseline level of cybersecurity across society must rise — including stronger security practices, improved software quality, faster response to threats, and more effective sharing of cyberthreat intelligence, says a new rapid expert consultation from the National Academies.
