Garner, LeeAlanazi, Mohammed2025-08-142024https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/76149This study explores the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in strengthening cyber defense mechanisms, focusing on the opportunities and challenges it presents. In recent years, AI has shown potential in enhancing threat detection, response efficiency, and proactive cybersecurity measures. The study examines various AI applications in cyber defense, including machine learning for real-time threat identification and natural language processing for analyzing large-scale data patterns. While AI provides significant advantages in mitigating cyber threats, challenges such as model interpretability, ethical concerns, and vulnerability to adversarial attacks persist. The findings contribute to cybersecurity by highlighting both the promising capabilities and limitations of AI in this domain, suggesting future research directions to address these challenges.51enCybersecurityArtificial IntelligenceCyber DefenseMachine LearningThreat DetectionAdversarial AttacksEthical AIData SecurityThesis