Devconf.cz 2023

We all see AI changing everything around us - especially the market-speak. It is the best! It will keep us safe on the internet because AI is faster, more knowledgeable, and never sleeps. Right?

This talk will provide a brief glimpse into the current research on autonomous cybersecurity systems. It will introduce the research, engineering, and societal challenges and outline the effort that goes into overcoming them. It will then dive deeper into the topic of developing environments for the training of autonomous systems. On the example of the CYST cybersecurity simulation platform, it will demonstrate the many tradeoffs one has to make when designing such an environment. Finally, it will introduce the AI-Dojo project and show that, market-speak or not, there may be autonomous cybersecurity systems in the near future after all.

After the talk, the attendees should:
- understand that there is currently nothing to fear from AI in cybersecurity;
- have an insatiable urge to change that.