How to defend yourself with AI

Combining AI with cybersecurity has been a trend for the past few years, especially when it comes to sensitive data and digital assets. As cyberattacks evolve, our cybersecurity has to evolve too — and AI can help. So today we'll look at the latest AI trends that will help you defend yourself, and maybe save a few crowns along the way.

What AI actually brings

AI can adjust and change in real time. It also uses machine learning, which makes it adaptable to practically any attack. Using AI doesn't end IT support — quite the opposite, it helps IT operate more efficiently and solve problems better.

AI predicting threats

From historical attacks, ongoing attacks, and possible attacks, AI can predict where and how an attacker might strike — and then strengthen defences at that point. The approach isn't always 100%, but it's a useful and valuable signal that can prevent plenty of attacks.

Behavioural analytics

Systems using AI learn what normal network behaviour looks like, and from that they can recognize practically any abnormal activity. So these systems are effective — though limited — against phishing attacks, or more directly, at stopping an attacker once they're inside the network.

Extended cloud security

As things move to the cloud, the cloud and the connections to it need to be secured — and AI can help here too. A few ways:

· Tracking user activity

· Detecting abnormal behaviour

· Instant response to anomalies

Because AI security is dynamic, it can react in real time and very quickly.

Deception technology

This technology creates fake, deliberately less-secured locations to lure attackers. With it, companies can prevent a lot of attacks — once an attacker shows up in the network, they can be quarantined and security around them tightened.