Why cybersecurity's future isn't AI vs. humans -- it's both | TechTarget

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AI's expanding role in cybersecurity has spawned a flawed assumption among security professionals: that the industry's future is a binary choice between fully automated AI agents or human defenders, with little middle ground.

Many experts are rejecting that binary premise, pointing instead to a symbiotic model. As AI becomes more embedded in cyber defense, the relationship between people and machines is evolving into a collaborative one. AI can process vast amounts of data, identify hidden patterns and accelerate threat response. But the technology's potential is amplified by the people who guide it. Human expertise, in turn, can be extended by AI's ability to analyze information at a scale and speed no team could hope to match.

This emerging symbiosis was a central theme during a panel at the 17th annual Billington Cybersecurity Summitin Washington, D.C. this month, where public sector cybersecurity leaders from the U.S. and allied nations discussed...

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