Will AI threaten the role of human creativity in cyber threat detection?

Cybersecurity requires creativity and thinking outside the box. It’s why more organizations are looking at people with soft skills and coming from outside the tech industry to address the cyber skills gap. As the threat landscape becomes more complex and nation-state actors launch innovative cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, there is a need for cybersecurity professionals […]

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How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI

Imagine this scenario: A sophisticated, malicious phishing campaign targets a large financial institution. The attackers use emails generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that closely mimic the company’s internal communications. The emails contain malicious links designed to steal employee credentials, which the attackers could use to gain access to company assets and data for unknown purposes. […]

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How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI

Imagine this scenario: A sophisticated, malicious phishing campaign targets a large financial institution. The attackers use emails generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that closely mimic the company’s internal communications. The emails contain malicious links designed to steal employee credentials, which the attackers could use to gain access to company assets and data for unknown purposes. […]

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Cybersecurity trends: IBM’s predictions for 2025

Cybersecurity concerns in 2024 can be summed up in two letters: AI (or five letters if you narrow it down to gen AI). Organizations are still in the early stages of understanding the risks and rewards of this technology. For all the good it can do to improve data protection, keep up with compliance regulations […]

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Preparing for the future of data privacy

The focus on data privacy started to quickly shift beyond compliance in recent years and is expected to move even faster in the near future. Not surprisingly, the Thomson Reuters Risk & Compliance Survey Report found that 82% of respondents cited data and cybersecurity concerns as their organization’s greatest risk. However, the majority of organizations […]

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 5 new AI skills cyber pros need

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries, including cybersecurity, has sparked a sense of urgency among professionals. As organizations increasingly adopt AI tools to bolster security defenses, cyber professionals now face a pivotal question: What new skills do I need to stay relevant? October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which makes it the perfect […]

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3 proven use cases for AI in preventative cybersecurity

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 highlights a ground-breaking finding: The application of AI-powered automation in prevention has saved organizations an average of $2.2 million. Enterprises have been using AI for years in detection, investigation and response. However, as attack surfaces expand, security leaders must adopt a more proactive stance. Here are three […]

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AI hallucinations can pose a risk to your cybersecurity

In early 2023, Google’s Bard made headlines for a pretty big mistake, which we now call an AI hallucination. During a demo, the chatbot was asked, “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?” Bard answered that JWST, which launched in December 2021, took the “very first pictures” […]

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Generative AI security requires a solid framework

How many companies intentionally refuse to use AI to get their work done faster and more efficiently? Probably none: the advantages of AI are too great to deny. The benefits AI models offer to organizations are undeniable, especially for optimizing critical operations and outputs. However, generative AI also comes with risk. According to the IBM […]

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AI cybersecurity solutions detect ransomware in under 60 seconds

Worried about ransomware? If so, it’s not surprising. According to the World Economic Forum, for large cyber losses (€1 million+), the number of cases in which data is exfiltrated is increasing, doubling from 40% in 2019 to almost 80% in 2022. And more recent activity is tracking even higher. Meanwhile, other dangers are appearing on […]

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