CYBERSECURITY
as SentinelOne CTO Ric Smith states, is about establishing“ the cybersecurity SaaS platform of the future”.
The intelligence engine powering this modern stack is, unsurprisingly, AI. Looking at this through a fight-firewith-fire lens, the only viable response to AI-powered attacks is an AI-powered defence.
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora emphasises that the challenge is about matching the accelerated pace of AI-powered attacks:
“ If there’ s a critical security incident or vulnerability... you can go ask any of these open-source models and they’ ll give you a recommendation on how to exploit a CVE. It just reduces the mean time to attack and exfiltrate data, or the mean time to breach – which means security has to be as nimble and quick as the bad guys are.”
AI performs tasks impossible at human scale, from establishing behavioural baselines to detect anomalies to automating incident response in milliseconds. It acts as a force multiplier, triaging thousands of alerts into a few actionable incidents – allowing human analysts to become proactive threat hunters.
For this approach to work, this advanced technology must be deployed within a Zero Trust framework, guided by the principle of never trust, always verify – meaning no user or device is trusted by default. Every access request is scrutinised based on identity, device health and location. Microsoft CISO Bret Arsenault describes his company’ s uncompromising model as“ zero trust or bust, no exceptions”, a strategy that has enhanced both security and user experience. This proactive imperative – combining an AI-driven defence, a unified platform and a Zero Trust architecture – enforces a belief that this is the only viable path to securing the modern enterprise.
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