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Humans cannot analyse at the same continuous speed as artificial intelligence (AI), but AI cannot contextualise as well as humans. So, despite the growth of AI in cybersecurity defence, detection and response solutions, it’s about teamwork between AI and human intelligence (HI). Fighting AI with AI is essential for the continual speed of data analysis and correlation, but as Simon Quicke recently wrote, “One of the problems with dubbing technology AI-capable is that it’s a label that covers a wide spectrum of outcomes.” Not all AI is created equally – and neither are humans. Billions of dollars have been spent over the past 10+ years on security awareness training and testing (SATT), and the spend is predicted to increase to $10bn by 2027, according to Forrester. Yet, malware infections such as ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), and account take overs (ATO) continue to wreak havoc and are increasing year on year despite a huge spend. What are we to do? When the game changes, game tactics need to change too. However, ...