With its ability to analyze vast amounts of data quickly and accurately, AI can augment human capabilities and improve overall cybersecurity measures. However, there are also concerns surrounding its development and implementation. One of the biggest concerns is the question of control.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
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We're storing too much sensitive information, and our budgets are way too small to protect it. As long as we continue to undervalue data, we will underspend on protecting it.
If a massive data breach has been in the news recently – such as the Equifax data breach that impacted more than 143 million Americans – there’s a good chance that other hackers will capitalize on this public data breach to cause greater harm to victims, and open up those already victimized to even more risk.
"Meow" cyber attack seeks out unsecured databases and simply wipes them out without seeking either fame or material gain, as a form of activism or perhaps just for fun.