Testing the security of computer networks by trying to break into them, otherwise known as penetration testing, has been going on for nearly 50 years. Experts say usage of AI in pen testing will only grow. "My assumption is that we will have AI-driven penetration testing tools [that] are capable of identifying, exploiting, and reporting on known vulnerabilities in specific areas with relatively little human interaction," says Scott Goodwin, Principal, Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory at PKF O'Connor Davies LLP. But pen-testing the cloud isn't like on-premises pen testing, for both technical and legal reasons. And it is a new set of methodologies," says Nianios of cloud-based pen testing.

Source: Fox News November 15, 2023 14:51 UTC