The new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being described as “intelligent assistants” and “copilots”–a way to tell us that we still have a role in the cockpit. While that may be true today, it won’t hold for much longer, at least in the field of cybersecurity.
More than 60 startups and major vendors, including my company, have recently announced AI-powered products. Compelling as those announcements are, they’re insignificant compared to what’s coming next: Forrester Research expects the AI software market to expand to $64 billion by 2024, with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing category at a compound annual growth rate of 22.3%.
