Although the pre-COVID world did see an intertwining of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, especially in the areas of intrusion detection and non-signature-based anomalies, the post pandemic environment has seen an exponential dependence on AI for cyber security and resilience.
The continued hybrid and gig working, VPN reduction, and more amorphous organisational trusted networks, coupled with the rising adoption of cloud, mobility and edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), collaborative organisations & embedded applications, 5G & software driven networks, and digital supply chain have led to an ever-imploding increase in vulnerabilities, attack surfaces, and potential breach points in the extended organisation.
2023 continues to see a plethora of attacks and adverse cyber events including ransomware, malware, social engineering (phishing, vishing and smishing), trojans, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), spoofing, vulnerabilities such as Log4j and PrintNightmare, attacks on Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), Mobile Data Management (MDM) and Mobile Asset Management (MAM) systems, targeting of multiple…
