In today’s digital age where private data breaches pose significant risks to individuals and organizations alike, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in safeguarding sensitive information has grown significantly. This project provides an overview of how AI identifies, mitigates, and responds to data breach threats more effectively than traditional methods. It will also provide real-world case studies to showcase the successes and limitations of AI in private data management. By emphasizing the significance of employing AI for protecting sensitive information, the project will equip students with a balanced perspective on AI’s potential and its challenges in cybersecurity.
Group Members
- Cynthia Omajugho
- John Kofi Broni
- Mohammed Abdallah Idrisu
- Dag-Emmanuel Ankrah
Teaching Aide
https://wpsites.ucalgary.ca/jacobson-cpsc/wp-content/uploads/sites/119/2025/01/Group-7-Project.pptx
Walkthrough video
Discussion question
- Would you trust AI to manage your private data? Why or why not?
- Which type of machine learning is primarily used for detecting unknown threats without predefined categories?
- How does AI threat detection system compare to traditional rule-based security systems?
Hi everyone, thank you so much for your post! First of all, I wanted to say that is very creative instead of just a post. The introduction video, the slide deck provide so much information and very interesting to read! Feel like a lecture and good for you guys for putting this together!
I must agree with you, it is very concerning that Ai could lead to private data breaches, and it is very important to keep private date security. As you mentioned in the deck, common types of breaches include ransomware attacks and insider treats, and based on the concern of AI as a threat, personal i feel like these are the threats and Ai could help us to avoid. I see you listed so many benefits of AI in cybersecurity and I agree with you, they could enhanced detection capabilities to avoid threats like ransomware attacks, but the concerns are the real as the threat actors could use AI to cost attacks as well and could possible bypassing detection. So really, AI could be a two way street where could enhance the cybersecurity and could cost more damage at the same time.
To answer your question, yes I would trust AI to manage my private data. AI is just a software created by companies, so instead of think if I trust AI or not, I believe the real question is do I trust my private data in a private company’s hand? Let’s say currently I have an iPhone and I use iCloud, I already uploaded all my private data to Apple, even without AI, they are already on the cloud, all my photos, videos and messages etc… so that establish a base line that I trust the company and I have the faith that they will handle my data with care and caution, so when they introduce AI, there is really no concerns for me start not trusting them. Iphone 16 is equipped with AI and i am currting benefit from it, AI would promt responsible for me when i texting and could do something creative as creating wallpaper based on my photos. So in summary I will trust AI for my private data, actually in fact i am already using AI to manage my private data.