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Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved cyber protection capability tens or even thousands of times, industry insiders said at a cybersecurity conference that opened Wednesday in Beijing. They also emphasized that cyberattacks occur on a global scale and that international cooperation is encouraged.
Security is the premise of development, and development is the guarantee of security. This year’s conference theme, “AI-based security”, is of great prospective and practical significance, participants said at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Beijing Cyber Security Conference (BCS 2024). ), which began on Wednesday.
“With the development of AI technologies, hackers can use them to generate cyberattacks and phishing tools. Cybersecurity has gradually evolved from person-to-person and man-machine confrontation to offensive and AI-based defense,” said Wang Yingkang, head of AI. the Cyberspace Administration of China, said at the opening ceremony.
The development trend of the cybersecurity industry is clear: those with AI benefit from security. To resolve the contradiction between limited security resources and the pursuit of 100% security, it is necessary to rely on AI, Qi Xiangdong, chairman of Qi An Xin Technology Group, told the Global Times in margin of Wednesday’s event.
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Only 1% of companies have more than 30 employees involved in cybersecurity operations.
“The application of AI can already cover several stages of cybersecurity protection and bring tens or even thousands of times improvement in cyberspace protection capabilities. But the ability of AI to truly provide security depends on data, systems and standards,” Qi said.
Qi noted that the industry should improve three factors – data, computing power and algorithms – to fully unlock the potential of AI in the cybersecurity sector.
The rapid development of the AI industry has had a huge impact on cybersecurity innovation, and this effect is expected to grow as AI technology further penetrates more industries, they said. declared the participants of the BCS 2024.
AI is one of China’s new quality productive forces, and the trend of becoming smarter is unstoppable in almost all sectors, Gong Ke, executive director of the China Institute of China Development Strategies, said on Wednesday. next-generation artificial intelligence, during the opening ceremony.
“The lack of AI development is the biggest ‘insecurity’ and we need to develop AI to promote security,” Gong noted, calling for the integration of AI innovation and cybersecurity.
Industry players have also called for international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity, as cyberattacks are global and the world is becoming increasingly webified, digitalized and intelligent.
The BCS has been taking place since 2019, with more than 2,000 politicians, industry leaders and cybersecurity experts from more than 30 countries and regions participating and sharing their views.
The 2024 session brought together more than 100 experts from more than 10 countries and regions, with around 200 business representatives from more than 10 sectors. They had broad discussions on AI-driven security in data, energy, finance, transportation, manufacturing and other areas.
Beijing, the host city of the BCS, will promote the accumulation of the cybersecurity industry, improve relevant policy planning and create industrial clusters with complementary advantages, You Jing, an official with the Municipal Bureau of Cyber Security, told reporters on Wednesday. economy and information technology of Beijing. on the sidelines of BCS 2024.
“Constructing a national cybersecurity industrial park will be able to boost the development of the cybersecurity industry in Beijing and even the whole country,” You said.
