Cyber agency chief Easterly sees AI as key to cyber defense, praises election security work

LAS VEGAS. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly emphasized the robustness and effectiveness of U.S. election security efforts in countering disinformation and other cyber and AI-generated threats, in a keynote presentation at the opening session of Black Hat 2024, while also discussing the role of artificial intelligence in cyber defenses in remarks to reporters afterward.

“We’ve put a lot of resources into optimizing the use of AI for defense, to drive down harms,” Easterly told reporters Aug. 7...