Federal Networks Under Attack: How Artificial Intelligence Will Save the Day

NextGov: There aren’t enough hours in the day for the average cybersecurity analyst to deal with every threat. Analysts face about 300 security alerts per day, often as many as 400 to 500. It takes about five minutes to analyze each one, which adds up to 25 hours in a day. Our frontline defenses are outgunned from the start.

How can federal and state IT teams protect sensitive government data without hiring tens of thousands of people? One possible solution is artificial intelligence. AI can be used to quickly process and analyze information, giving analysts better insight into which alerts are actionable and which can be ignored.

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