Old Wine In New Bottles? A Preliminary Analysis of The Uses of Ai In Cybersecurity

This paper is a preliminary analysis of the various uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of cybersecurity. AI plays roles in threat detection and prevention, malware creation, security, and access control. The research question is whether these roles represent something revolutionary and unique, or whether they simply advance existing concepts and practices in an incremental fashion. Although still preliminary, the results of the analysis indicate that while AI is primarily making existing cybersecurity processes and practices more effective and efficient, it is doing so in a revolutionary manner.