How can AI deliver better Online Security in 2021?

1. How can AI deliver better Online Security in 2021? Even as the internet has connected the whole world and brought about an amazing range of conveniences for people, the challenges related to cybersecurity have risen to dangerous levels in parallel. It appears that hackers and cybercriminals are one step ahead of every new innovative software that comes into the market. If statistics are to be believed then cybercrime is arguably the single most challenge faced by individuals, organizations, and even governments the world over. According to the INTERPOL Secretary-General, more than half the online populations out of around 4.5 billion are at risk of being a victim of cybercrime. And cybercrime is expected to cost the world damages worth $6 trillion in 2021 and $10.5 trillion annually by 2025

2. (Source: Cybersecurity Ventures.) What makes such statistics even more alarming is that about 61% of enterprises worldwide state that they cannot detect online security breaches without using AI (Source: Capgemini.) It is time for organizations to focus on leveraging skills such as ethical hacking in fighting cybercrime. What are the challenges to cybersecurity? The principle challenges to cybersecurity include the following: • Difficult to track incidences of online breaches due to remotely located IT systems across regions. • Most enterprises utilize manual threat hunting, which is time-consuming, risk- prone, and expensive. Such a practice can leave a lot of sophisticated cyber attacks to go unnoticed. • Threats are identified and resolved after they have done the damage. The predictive nature of threat hunting is the need of the hour. • Cybercriminals use proxy servers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and Tor browsers, among others, to hide their IP addresses and remain undetected. AI and cybersecurity: Since recovering from a typical cyber-attack can cost $3.86 million for enterprises (Source: Norton,) it is better to predict cyber attacks to prevent and reduce such incidences. This is where AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) can be of help in identifying anomalous patterns of data and help enterprises to comply with security best practices. How can AI help in cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence has made its presence felt in many sectors, especially in terms of identifying similar or anomalous data patterns in actions or events to predict desired outcomes. In cybersecurity too, AI can lend its capabilities in the following ways: Identifying threats: Using signatures or indicators to identify threats in conventional security processes may not be effective when the threats are new. However, using a combination of traditional processes and AI can lead to a 100% detection of cyber threats and minimize false positives. Besides, enterprises can integrate behavioral analysis into their cybersecurity measures to build application profiles based on processing high data volumes. Managing vulnerabilities: Traditional vulnerability testing processes can identify and fix known vulnerabilities; however, AI-driven user and event behavioral

3. analysis can detect anomalous behavior by analyzing endpoints, user accounts, and servers. This way, unknown attacks or threats can be identified and neutralized. No wonder, enterprises are hiring people with expertise in detecting security issues and managing vulnerabilities. They focus on getting people on board who have undergone skill development training in technical courses related to cybersecurity. Optimizing data centers: Data centers are vulnerable targets for hackers as they contain sensitive personal and business data. AI can monitor processes or hardware configurations related to data centers such as bandwidth usage, power consumption, backup power, internal temperatures, and cooling filters, and offer valuable insights to enhance the security of the IT infrastructure. Conclusion: AI can identify patterns in the behavior of software systems to detect built-in security vulnerabilities or glitches and fix them. It can address the shortcomings of the manual security detection processes and add value to the entire business. Thus, enhancing security to prevent the machinations of cybercriminals is critical to keep businesses productive, efficient, competitive, and profitable. Source: https://www.bloglovin.com/@anudipfoundation/how-can-ai-deliver- better-online-security Anudip Foundation Email: info@anudip.org Phone No.: +91 33 4062 4187 Visit Us: https://www.anudip.org/ Stay Connected Via: https://twitter.com/anudipf https://www.facebook.com/AnudipFoundation https://www.instagram.com/anudipfoundation https://www.anudip.org/videos/