Hands-On Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Build smart cybersecurity systems with the power of machine learning and deep learning to protect your corporate assetsKey FeaturesIdentify and predict security threats using artificial intelligenceDevelop intelligent systems that can detect unusual and suspicious patterns and attacksLearn how to test the effectiveness of your AI cybersecurity algorithms and toolsBook DescriptionToday's organizations spend billions of dollars globally on cybersecurity. Artificial intelligence has emerged as a great solution for building smarter and safer security systems that allow you to predict and detect suspicious network activity such as phishing or unauthorized intrusions.This cybersecurity book presents and demonstrates popular and successful AI approaches and models that you can adapt to detect potential attacks and protect your corporate systems. You'll learn about the role of machine learning and neural networks as well as deep learning in cybersecurity and you'll also learn how you can infuse AI capabilities into building smart defensive mechanisms. As you advance you'll be able to apply these strategies across a variety of applications including spam filters network intrusion detection botnet detection and secure authentication.By the end of this book you'll be ready to develop intelligent systems that can detect unusual and suspicious patterns and attacks thereby developing strong network security defenses using AI.What you will learnDetect email threats such as spamming and phishing using AICategorize APT zero-days and polymorphic malware samplesOvercome antivirus limits in threat detectionPredict network intrusions and detect anomalies with machine learningVerify the strength of biometric authentication procedures with deep learningEvaluate cybersecurity strategies and learn how you can improve themWho this book is forIf you’re a cybersecurity professional or ethical hacker who wants to build intelligent systems using the power of machine learning and AI you’ll find this book useful. Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and knowledge of Python programming is essential to get the most out of this book. About the Author Alessandro Parisi has been an IT professional for over 20 years with a vast experience as a security data scientist AI cyber-security and blockchain specialist. He has been operating within organizational and decisional contexts characterized by high complexity. Over the years he is helping companies adopt artificial intelligence. and blockchain DLT technologies as strategic tools in protecting corporate sensitive assets. He holds a Masters degree in economics and statistics.