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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:

NEW HORIZIONS OF BORDER SECURITY

evolving security landscape (which now substantially
involves a unique combination of physical and cyber
worlds), we need to create a cognitive advantage by
tapping the power of well-structured data with design
thinking involving analytics and machines. To succeed in
the future we need to build our human intelligence which
is aided, enhanced, and augmented with AI. The defence
and security industry is at the forefront of innovation
Kanishk Chaudhry and technology. Security organizations are one of the
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Asstt. Commandant, 25 Bn, SSB largest consumer-producers of data; they already own
disproportionately more data than others due to the
very era has witnessed some sort of technical
developments which become pivotal in the
Eadvancement of our human race into a better
tomorrow. Beginning from the invention of the wheel
to the progressive ages of copper, bronze and steel or the
age of industrial revolution leading to the era of advance
Information Technology and Communications, each of
these advancements have vaulted us into new dimensions
of possibilities, opportunities and challenges. Today,
in any sphere of life, we can hardly ignore recurrence of
words like data, artificial intelligence, automation, IoT,
bots, machines, and transformation. These words are
connected to an opportunity and the time to grasp it, nature of their work. This industry faces a myriad of
is Now—we are at the turning point when everything unique challenges in procuring, preparing, implementing,
changes, forever. What’s happening around us, in terms and scaling solutions. Given the amount of assets
of shared data, social engagement, automation, digital involved—including people, vehicles, equipment, and
assistants, cloud platforms, connected devices, etc is not technology—an endeavour to build successful solutions
about people versus machines anymore instead it is about can be an overwhelming task. Furthermore, governmental
human collaboration made greater with the machines we departments are being asked to do more with less, as
invent. It’s a new age. budgets come under intense scrutiny. To respond to
growing global pressure to build more capabilities,
If we, as a national security organisation, hope to government defence and security departments need to be
perform at our optimum levels and in tandem with ever
more effective and efficient with existing programs and
resources. However before an effective outcome can be
achieved security organizations need to be prepared on
multiple fronts: to operationalize their data, to streamline
existing functions, to implement new technology, to
respond to ethical concerns, and to procure the necessary
tools to accomplish their goals.
AI can be useful for security organisations across
the spectrum of their functions:

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