For government agencies, the question is no longer whether to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) for security, but how quickly and targetedly to implement it to stay ahead of cybercriminals.
Cyber attackers and defenders alike are competing to exploit AI capabilities. AI-powered phishing and fraud campaigns are becoming increasingly personalized, targeted, and less expensive to implement.
As threats move at machine speed and timelines become even shorter, tools that enable more advanced threats may also be needed to improve security.
At Elastic(ON) Singapore 2026, leaders from Singapore organizations shared insights on how they can leverage technology to strengthen their security capabilities in this digital age.
The characteristics that make AI useful to attackers, such as speed, scale, and the ability to process large amounts of information, are equally valuable to defenders, said Desmond Lowe, group director at the Center for Strategic Information and Communication Technologies (CSIT).
Loh was a judge on the 2026 edition of Elastic build the future At the hackathon, participants designed agent AI solutions that have real-world impact.
Lo says AI is helping analysts identify real threats, filter through the noise, and make response efforts more effective. He points out the problem of signal-to-noise in cybersecurity. This is when security teams process thousands of alerts every day, most of which are false positives.
Loh points out that AI can make a difference here, not by replacing human judgment, but by freeing up more of AI’s time for informed decision-making. When AI filters out false positives, security teams can spend more time remediating targets with more precision.
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