Why embedding a cybersecurity strategy into AI infrastructure is key

The increasing adoption of AI has led to concerns about whether the technology is being deployed securely by organizations.

As businesses continue to invest heavily in AI, there are now concerns about how secure the increasing use of AI is. Given that AI deployed in organizations rely heavily on company data, having the right cybersecurity strategy to address both security and regulatory requirements is imperative.

However, securing the entire AI infrastructure can be rather challenging given the unprecedented challenges and threats faced today. Not only are threats becoming harder to detect, but cybercriminals are also now leveraging AI to launch more sophisticated threats that are able to penetrate existing cyber defenses or find weak points in a system to attack an organization.

While most organizations are aware of this, the reality is that they simply are not able to slow down their AI adoption plans as they fear losing out to their competitors or being left behind. Despite budget being allocated to enhance cybersecurity measures, having the right skillset to manage the various tools in place also becomes a challenge.

Given this scenario, organizations need to ensure they have a cybersecurity strategy in place not only when building their AI infrastructure but also when deploying AI use cases. Put simply, having a cybersecurity strategy in AI should be at the core of any AI plans for organizations.

Using AI in cybersecurity itself can be a gamechanger for organizations as it's capable of solving most of the challenges they face today. First, AI in cybersecurity is able to provide organizations with a holistic view of a company’s entire cybersecurity portfolio. This in turn takes away the complexity in security teams of having to manage multiple dashboards and allows them to focus on more important cybersecurity tasks.

Secondly, AI in cybersecurity enables organizations to have faster and automated threat detection capabilities. As legacy cybersecurity tools may be challenged in detecting modern and evolved cyber threats, AI-enabled cybersecurity is not only able to detect these threats faster but also mitigate these threats and keep organizations updated in real time on these.

To understand more about how and why having a cybersecurity strategy with AI is essential for organizations today, CRN Asia will be a hosting a webinar with several experts from Cisco to showcase how to have your cybersecurity strategy with speed, security and safety.

The webinar will also discuss how the AI boom has altered cybersecurity and how companies can prepare themselves to implement an effective AI strategy. To find out more about this webinar and to participate in it, click here.