A comprehensive review of cybersecurity challenges in the post-pandemic world: The role of AI in mitigating threats

COVID-19 not only impacted the overall digital environment but also forced companies around the world to adapt rapidly to new working models, cloud service, and digital transformation. The changes which allowed business to go on also brought in new threats related to cybersecurity. To defend against these new threats and improve threat identification, event management, and organizational security, this paper will look at the several ways artificial intelligence (AI) is being incorporated into cybersecurity solutions. Artificial Intelligence introducing intelligent algorithms that analyze patterns and detect threat patterns in real time. The study shows how AI can adapt dynamically to existing risks, perform effective optimization of repetitive tasks, analyze polymorphic viruses and help in minimizing burden on a cybersecurity team and improve the chances of executing a reliable strategy for increased solutions to issues and challenges. Moreso, the study also highlights the issue of data quality management, the adherence to ethical practices and research cooperation to optimize the potential of the techniques.