AI, machine learning new tools to fight cyber-attacks: Internet security firm

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/ai-machine-learning-new-tools-to-fight-cyber-attacks-internet-security-firm-4956966/

AI, machine learning new tools to fight cyber-attacks: Internet security firm

This article talks about the following: In order to prevent cyber-attacks, the new help for all cyber security companies is Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. It is said that the future holds for these new technologies and that they will be automatically able to parse new threats by identifying them at the right time.

It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. It is evident that the implementation of ML and AI can only be possible by big companies who can afford. How can small and mid-companies enable themselves against cyber security? Also, ML and AI are still evolving and how will organizations be able to tap into whole set of these system? Will it happen anytime soon? Or will they have to depend on 3^rd party companies to protect them against newer forms of Cyber-attacks?