{"id":263423,"date":"2026-06-03T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/how-agencies-can-balance-ais-potential-and-risks-for-cyber-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:50:15","slug":"how-agencies-can-balance-ais-potential-and-risks-for-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/how-agencies-can-balance-ais-potential-and-risks-for-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"How agencies can balance AI\u2019s potential and risks for cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

How agencies can balance AI\u2019s potential and risks for cyber attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-03 16:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cybersecurity remains a top priority for state and local leaders, and technology like artificial intelligence has emerged as one tool in governments\u2019 arsenals to thwart cyber attacks. But leaders must find a balance between AI’s potential and its risks in order to effectively use the technology, speakers said at the Engage Public Sector Summit hosted by GovExec, Carahsoft and Check Point last week in Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bad actors have increasingly targeted critical government functions from elections to public transit systems and schools. The growing threat landscape presents government leaders with the opportunity to explore innovative solutions like AI to combat cyber attacks, Keith Hartung, chief security officer at the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI and security are a natural fit \u2026 because we\u2019ve been leveraging [them] for years,\u201d said Hartung. While generative AI is a newer concept to tech and cyber leaders, \u201cdeep learning and machine learning that [AI] is built on are the same baseline technologies that we\u2019ve used to analyze emails and sort the logs in our SIM tools for forever,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, tech staff can do more and do it faster because AI has become more advanced, Hartung said. As an example, he explained that the Pennsylvania Treasury Department has 360 employees, but only three of them \u2014 including Hartung \u2014 make up the agency\u2019s security team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where AI in cybersecurity has functioned as a \u201cforce enabler\u201d for the trio in charge of managing the approximately $120 billion that flows through the Treasury Department annually, Hartung said. Without AI, the team would not be able to keep up with sorting the thousands of log files that they need to stay on top of in order to monitor and address cyber threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The team also leans on an AI model to predict cyber threats because the system can scour social media, dark web sources or public websites to alert staff of potential vulnerabilities that could be…<\/p>\n

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