How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) impacting cyber security? Traditional methods to detect malware and cyber security threats are failing. Cyber criminals are constantly coming up with new ways to bypass firewalls and become a threat to an organization’s security. The only way to fight it out is to be more prepared and smarter than the hackers. As per 2017 Cybersecurity Trends Report, cyber security budgets are set to increase as security professionals anticipate more attacks in the next 12 months. It is indicated that organizations will increase their security spend on cloud infrastructure (33%), training / education (23%) and mobile devices (23%).
Cyber-attacks are getting more complex and smarter If you think 2016 was bad for cyber-attacks, 2017 proved to be worse. The malware, DDoS, and other types of cyber threats are becoming more serious. Imagine in 2016 alone, 357 million malware were detected and a number of them had left businesses crippled, scouting for better data security. The use of IoT has increased the threat of cyber-attacks. The security infrastructure on these devices will determine how secure the devices are and if there are any weak links in the system, the threat of malware attack will loom till then.
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The threat to a business increases if it has data flowing from different sources. The data is constantly exposed to more malware, bots and DDoS attacks. Network systems security is also a matter of concern for businesses. There are threats to networks that have become more common, hacks have become more complex, and they are no longer just a concern for large