"The Role AI Plays in Safeguarding Government Data"

As the use of web-based applications continues to grow due to the increase in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now more important than ever for the government to adopt better strategies for protecting classified data and reducing threats. Teams responsible for protecting data need new capabilities to bolster cybersecurity, especially as many government agencies continue to face challenges such as lack of resources, growing data sets, and more. The pandemic has forced governments to accelerate digital transformation efforts, including the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support cybersecurity operations. The increase in AI investment will help combat challenges experienced by security and data governance teams, such as high rates of false positives resulting from manual processes, strains in human surveillance, and the security industry skills gap. AI technology can automate and significantly simplify tasks performed across business processes. Using AI, government agencies can strengthen data protection, improve compliance efforts, and free up time for other activities while providing an extra layer of risk management. AI can lighten manual human tasks using algorithms and training models capable of classifying documents and providing classification recommendations to security teams. AI can also help teams identify abnormal security behavior that may require attention and decrease false positives in order to improve the prioritization of alerts and threats. This article continues to discuss the acceleration of digital transformation by governments during the pandemic, current cybersecurity challenges faced by security teams, and how AI can help improve cybersecurity operations. 

NextGov reports "The Role AI Plays in Safeguarding Government Data"