Former NSA cyber leader Joyce says automation is key to countering AI cyber threats

LAS VEGAS. Generative AI has created an “inflection point” for cybersecurity, according to Rob Joyce, a renowned former cyber leader at the National Security Agency and a one-time White House cyber coordinator, who says artificial intelligence-driven automation of cyber defense is an essential component of the necessary response.

“Generative AI increases the pace and speed” of cyber attacks, shrinking the amount of time defenders have to detect and respond, Joyce said in an Aug. 11 discussion with Def Con...