Oct 11 2024

NASCIO 2024: How AI Transforms Cybersecurity, for Better and for Worse

Artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, for better and for worse. 

Michael Watson, Virginia’s CISO and deputy CIO — and this year’s recipient of the Thomas M. Jarrett State Cybersecurity Leadership Award — provided his firsthand experience and insights on the matter at this year’s NASCIO event.

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Participants

    Michael Watson, CISO and Deputy CIO, Virginia

Video Highlights

  • Within days of ChatGPT’s launch, the Virginia IT Agency’s phishing filters were obliterated by advanced schemes.
  • AI offers immediate value in the areas of anomaly detection and summarizing data.
  • Cybersecurity is currently the lowest-risk and most immediately promising AI use case.