AI-powered cybersecurity technology would raise legal and ethical issues due to the fact that it can raise privacy concerns, bias and fairness, accountability and liability, and the impact it can do to employment. Once Artificial Intelligence is regulated with cybersecurity normally, it would need to be monitoring incredible amounts of data, this essentially would raise problems and concerns about it infringing individual privacy rights. From the bias and fairness perspective, a possible biased Artificial Intelligence might impact certain cybersecurity companies or even corporations, this would raise concern about fairness and equal treatment. The most complex out of all of them would be the accountability and liability issues and the reason for this is because if the AI system makes a possible mistake on a cyber breach or even flagging false positives, who would there be to blame? The AI technology, the company, or the developers? AI-Powered technology can have a severe effect on employment rates, more specifically cybersecurity positions. It’s already difficult enough to land a job within the cybersecurity job market since you need lots of experience and certifications, but if Artificial Intelligence gets involved, it will only make matters worse. (Kirkus, 2014). Not only it would affect people trying to get a cyber job, but it would also even affect current employees, possibly replacing them with Artificial Intelligence. Like any type of other technology that has been implemented, “AI has its pros and cons”, “To ensure that the risks associated with AI are mitigated, we need ethical codes and policies.” (Shukla, 2018).
