Vasu Jakkal, a security executive at Microsoft, stated that generative artificial intelligence is crucial to the company’s cybersecurity business in an interview with Jim Cramer on Monday.
“We have the super power of generative AI, which is helping us defend at machine speed and scale, especially given the cybersecurity talent shortage,” she said. “We also have to make sure that we leverage AI for real good, because it has this power to elevate the human potential, and it’s going to help us solve the most serious of challenges.”
According to Jakkal, the threat landscape is “unprecedent threat landscape,” with cybercriminals evolving into more skilled operators. She stated, for instance, that Microsoft receives 4,000 password attacks every second. She identified two categories of cybersecurity threats: financial cybercrime and geopolitical espionage. According to her, Microsoft can use data to train its AI models to recognize these threats.
According to Jakkal, fighting cybercriminals also requires cooperation among all members of the cybersecurity ecosystem. According to her, Microsoft has partnerships with fifteen thousand businesses and organizations, and three hundred security vendors are developing on the platforms of the company.
“We need deep collaboration and deep partnerships because the bad actors work together,” Jakkal said. “No one company can do this without others.”
With its rapid growth, Microsoft’s security division is currently valued at over $20 billion. On Monday, the company’s stock reached a record high of $378.61 at the close.