Generative AI is having a transformative effect across almost every industry, but arguably the area it has had the most significant impact is cybercrime. Deepfake videos, voice phishing calls and insidious generative phishing emails are giving bad actors a dangerous suite of tools to exploit individuals, businesses, and governments at a new speed and scale. Fighting back against criminal enterprises leveraging generative AI requires an equally forceful response. After initially being used purely for email filtering, discriminative AI can now learn to recognize what constitutes normal communication patterns — internally between staff and externally between employees and other stakeholders — so anything out of the ordinary can be flagged. AI is also enabling human security analysts to automate the triage of reported emails, to rapidly identify false positives and keep up with emerging cybercriminal tactics. And in latest advances, specialized Small Language Models (SLMs) using neural networks are able to analyze and comprehend the semantic intent of the message - no matter what words are used, how many misspellings are introduced, or what language is used. To stay secure in in today’s fast-changing AI battleground, organizations must leverage AI in multiple ways as part of a layered security system.
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Chris Peluso has been a leader in email security and networking for over 20 years, leading sales and sales engineering teams around the globe. He has been instrumental in launching Libraesva in the United States, overseeing all aspects of operations, sales and marketing. Prior to Libraesva, Peluso held Director roles at Kerio Technologies in the United States and the UK, as well as GFI and Flowmon while living in Germany. Since returning to the US in 2022, he’s built a loyal partner channel and customer base of mid-sized enterprises across the manufacturing, finance, retail, biotech, government and education sectors.
