There is no doubt that automated cybersecurity defenses will play a larger role in the future, but businesses must resist the urge to move too quickly.
To get the most out of this new technology, they must go with a well-thought-out approach rather than blind faith, and keep overall expectations in check.
According to IBM’s 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach is US$3.86 million, with an average detection and containment period of 280 days. Any solution that can lower those numbers is a good thing, so it’s no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated defenses are gaining popularity.
While AI-powered technologies and machine learning have a lot of potentials, they are also a double-edged sword. Threat actors can use the same strategies as enterprises to exploit automated systems.
Misconfiguration and disruptive collisions between overlapping systems are possible because these technologies aren’t mature or well understood by the IT team.
Automated Defense Technology
A new generation of automated defensive technologies is being lauded as the solution to skills shortages and rising attack levels. The issue is that their abilities are sometimes overstated, and the issues they cause sometimes exceed the advantages.
Adoption is difficult in most enterprises due to their size and complexity. To realize the benefits of an automated system, sufficient planning and infrastructure are required. There’s also the risk of pushing these new technologies to do things they weren’t supposed to do, especially after making a substantial investment.
Full article: The Risks and Benefits associated with Automated Cybersecurity Defenses
