Enterprise customers around the world are investing in Artificial Intelligence and automation to improve their business processes, reinvent productivity, and improve operational excellence. Banks are looking into new ways of how to implement fraud detection in their ATM networks, insurance companies are exploring how to use Artificial Intelligence to predict profitability of their services to the end customers, and brokers have started to apply Artificial Intelligence to predict stock market movements. The following diagram illustrates reasons why business organizations are adopting worldwide Artificial Intelligence as of 2017:

Many buzzwords are used when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. It is important to look underneath those buzzwords to truly understand this new technology. The following diagram illustrates the revolution in the Artificial Intelligence space:

A technological breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence is without any doubt a breakthrough for society. However, the reality is that all of these companies are still targeted by cyber criminals who perform new cyber-attacks daily. Artificial Intelligence offers many benefits in the cybersecurity space. Security vendors have discovered that and started to invest by building Machine Learning engines that analyze massive sets of telemetry data, which is ultimately used to train Artificial Intelligence on how to protect, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks. With Artificial Intelligence-based security products, you elevate threat protection from a tactical product to a strategic platform. With that, you improve efficacy and your environment dramatically. The rate at which malicious content, malware, and exploits are created far exceed any financial resources or human capability. It no longer scales to analyze every single thread by a human analyst. Therefore, it has become the center of success to apply Artificial Intelligence that is powered by machines and deep learning. This chapter will focus on the advantages of Artificial Intelligence in the cybersecurity space.