Enhancing cybersecurity through Artificial Intelligence: techniques, challenges and future directions

In today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, the integration of AI in cybersecurity has become essential. AI enhances threat detection, improves accuracy, and reduces the workload of cybersecurity professionals. Organizations are transitioning from conventional protection methods to AI-driven approaches. By using machine learning models, AI can detect and respond to threats more efficiently. It is applied in multiple areas including phishing detection, malware analysis, fraud detection, and intrusion prevention. It also presents challenges such as ethical concerns, adversarial attacks, and high implementation costs. This paper explores the impact of AI on cybersecurity, its advantages, and its limitations.