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June 16, 2024, 11:03 p.m.
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AI-powered attacks, such as smishing and deepfakes, are now more advanced than traditional security training can handle. Even well-trained individuals can fall victim to these attacks in high-stress situations. And with increased access to data and better language models, future AI-driven attacks will be even more convincing. These attacks exploit psychological vulnerabilities and are hard to detect, using personalized communication, real-time adaptation, and emotional manipulation. To combat these threats, security training needs to evolve. It should include real-time automated intervention, improved cyber transparency, AI detection, and human training. Organizations must educate individuals on valid technical interventions and promote cybersecurity transparency. Defense methods should be in place to detect machine interactions. By embracing AI, security training can effectively counter AI-powered deception.

Traditional security awareness training is facing challenges in the era of advancing artificial intelligence (AI). AI-powered threats, such as smishing, vishing, deepfakes, and AI chatbot-based attacks, could make the traditional human-centric approach to defense ineffective. Currently, security awareness training teaches individuals to identify signs and tactics used in social engineering attacks. However, even the best-trained individuals can make mistakes due to stress, fatigue, and cognitive overload. In the future, AI-driven attacks will have access to more data and better language models, making their interactions indistinguishable from human behavior. AI-based attacks already have advantages, including seamless personalization, real-time adaptation, and emotional manipulation.

As AI technology evolves, the future of security awareness training requires a multifaceted approach that combines real-time automated intervention, better cyber transparency, AI detection, and human training. It should include teaching individuals to recognize technical interventions by the brand or enterprise, embrace better cyber transparency, and detect AI and AI agents interacting with applications. By adapting security awareness training, we can protect brands and enterprises from AI-powered deception and ensure a more secure future. Tom Tovar is the CEO and co-creator of Appdome, a fully automated unified mobile app defense platform. He has a background in law and brings practical advice from serving in leadership roles at cyber and technology companies.


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