Cardiff and Airbus demystify AI for Cybersecurity

Airbus is teaming up with Cardiff University experts to develop new ways of detecting cyber attacks using Artificial Intelligence - demystifying the frequently perceived 'black box' of AI algorithms. A global leader in cyber innovation and research, the European aerospace corporation has forged an enhanced Knowledge Transfer Partnership (eKTP) with Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics. The partnership has been awarded funding to enhance the adoption of automated detection and response capabilities by finding and testing new ways to 'explain' how the AI has decided there is a malicious presence on the network to security operations experts. The project aims to reduce the cost of cyber attacks and add to the Company's leading cyber security expertise. Cybercrime costs the world almost £460bn a year with businesses worldwide incurring increasing losses as a direct result of cyberattacks. Part-funded through an eKTP awarded by Welsh Government and Innovate UK, an Associate will work with Airbus to embed new knowledge and capability into Airbus' frontline cybersecurity operations that protect 130,000 employees across Europe from Toulouse, via its new Cyber Lab in Newport. The Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, said: "Wales is the only part of the UK to offer the enhanced Knowledge Transfer Partnership.