Cyber Magazine June 2024 | Page 24

In general , I ' ve navigated my own career from the perspective of where I believe I can have the most impact and where I see the course of technology taking humans , and therefore , where I should invest my time . I have not prioritised my own personal experience very explicitly .
However , there are a number of women , especially earlier in their careers and younger generations , where their personal experience is a very important part of how they think about their career journey . For that reason , I think we all have to have deep introspection about how we make cybersecurity and the field of tech , in general , much more welcoming .
Q . TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU ARE USING AI AT F5

ยป We see AI as basically an accelerant for all of these dynamics that we have talked about . It ' s going to drive more applications . AI-driven applications have more APIs , so more apps , more APIs . It ' s going to enable more actors with sophisticated capabilities . So your cyber threat , both the sophistication of attacks and the surface area , is going to expand further .

In general , AI is going to just basically accelerate what we ' re referring to as the ball of fire and make it even more of a crisis . That said , there are a lot of things that AI can also do for good .
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