Article Open Access October 15, 2022

Big Data and AI/ML in Threat Detection: A New Era of Cybersecurity

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Sr Software Engineer, USA
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Sr. Principal Engineer, Palo Alto Networks Inc, USA
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Software Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, USA
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July 15, 2022
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October 12, 2022
Published
October 15, 2022
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Lekkala, S. , Avula, R. , & Gurijala, P. (2022). Big Data and AI/ML in Threat Detection: A New Era of Cybersecurity. Current Research in Public Health, 2(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.31586/jaibd.2022.1125
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Lekkala, S. ; Avula, R. ; Gurijala, P. Big Data and AI/ML in Threat Detection: A New Era of Cybersecurity. Current Research in Public Health 2022 2(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.31586/jaibd.2022.1125
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Lekkala, Seshagirirao, Raghavaiah Avula, and Priyanka Gurijala. 2022. "Big Data and AI/ML in Threat Detection: A New Era of Cybersecurity". Current Research in Public Health 2, no. 1: 32-48. https://doi.org/10.31586/jaibd.2022.1125
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Lekkala S, Avula R, Gurijala P. Big Data and AI/ML in Threat Detection: A New Era of Cybersecurity. Current Research in Public Health. 2022; 2(1):32-48. https://doi.org/10.31586/jaibd.2022.1125
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