Uplifting Cyber Defense

CSET's Andrew Lohn and Krystal Jackson discussed the potential for reinforcement learning to support cyber defense.
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For years, defenders have focused on automation for detecting vulnerabilities and attacks. What if reinforcement learning could help create autonomous defensive agents that are capable of more?
On June 23, CSET Junior Fellow Krystal Jackson and Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn discussed recent trends in research on the use of reinforcement learning for cyber defense, existing tools and how to use them, and the technical limits of today’s capabilities and areas for improvement. Apple’s Melody Wolk moderated the Q&A.