Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you may have noticed that artificial intelligence, or AI, is everywhere. It’s automating tasks such as invoicing, sending emails, and even helping in creative campaigns. However, for every online business that deals with information about their customers or handles money online, the biggest risk at the time of writing is, you guessed it, AI. AI is being used to send malware, create indistinguishable deep fake audio recordings, and of course, to identify weaknesses in a website’s security.
So, while the threat to many online companies is AI, the solution is also AI, and here, you’ll be walked through how using AI software can help enhance cybersecurity for your business.
Detect Threats Earlier
Everything from identity threat detection to malware detection can become more accurate with AI software.
AI can oversee vast volumes of network traffic and logs in real time, helping spot anything unusual that could be missed by humans and later result in data breaches. It can also identify abnormal file movement or edits, which could be an entrance point for hackers.
Automates Incident Response
When AI spots the potential issue or threat, it also has the ability to send an automated response. This means that you and your team don’t have to worry about checking reports or even looking for errors to appear.
As well as this, AI software can also block any malicious IPs, along with disabling compromised accounts and identifying and isolating any infected devices. These faster response times reduce damage, prevent extensive hacking, and also reduce downtime.
Stops Malware
At this stage, you may be thinking that your business’s antivirus software can detect malware. However, typical antivirus software does this via known malware signatures. With AI-based software, which looks at behaviors prior to a malware signature being detectable, you can have better protection and be alerted to the potential of malware, having zero-day attacks and not costing your business any downtime or money.
Strengthens Email Security
Another benefit of AI software is that can spot phishing emails, which, thanks to AI, are becoming more convincing and harder for traditional spam filters to identify.
AI will filter all emails sent to your business emails by looking at attachments, sender addresses, IP addresses, and sender behavior. For example, if the email has been sent to 100 or more people, then the AI will spot it, flag it and label it as a phishing email.
Predicts and Prioritizes Risk
The majority of websites have a weak spot and with AI software, you can quickly identify the weak points in your website and create defenses against them. This can help your IT team to create more reliable systems against hacking and can also help with prioritizing risks. The result is that your website becomes impenetrable to hackers, keeping you online, with no business downtime or data breaches in sight.
Remember, there are multiple kinds of AI-based software to protect cybersecurity, so it’s wise to seek out a company that has expertise in your website’s business area to make sure you choose the right option for your company.
