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Future of Cyber Security

Published Date

May 11, 2018

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Vidhya

The internet is always evolving and you, as a business or as a consumer, need to be ready to adapt to the new technologies, regulations and strategies that will help to develop a safer and more secure internet.

Consumers will become more demanding about their data and businesses will have to react, making their lives easier, while trying to keep the data that is important secure enough from the hackers.

New generation malware and cyber-threats can be difficult to detect with the existing cyber security protocols.

Machine Learning is the viable future for cyber security

New AI algorithms use Machine Learning (ML) to adapt over time, these systems come with many substantial benefits that will help cyber security professionals to safeguarding the enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence(AI) is most commonly used to detect simple threats, AI systems in cyber security will free up an enormous amount of time for tech employees. They depend on intelligent automation to identify the risks/threats that humans may not have the time and resources. AI systems categorizing attacks based on threat level. AI can identify and mitigate a threat before even it gets developed and released, it is not reactive.

AI can work backwards to find the initial compromise, and alert a human analyst to make a judgment call for when to end the third-party attacker’s connection. This will allow threat hunters to gain real-time visibility into the tools and techniques used by their adversaries without risking a larger compromise.

Widely used AI cyber-defence systems are an inevitability and by 2025, is about embracing and innovating for the partnership of man and machine – both relying on each other in the fight against hackers and will be key to solve the increasing complex cyber security challenges.

Secure Internet of Things

As businesses and consumers accelerate the adoption of internet-connected devices, Internet of Things space is forcing companies to think holistically about the security behind their devices.

The major security problems that are seen with IoT devices:

  • Cloud Attacks
  • Botnet Problems
  • Transport Encryption
  • Insecure Cloud and Web Interface
  • Insecure Software and Firmware

Need to take necessary actions to secure them now before the problem becomes unmanageable.

Over the next 10 years the Internet of Things(IoT) will start to develop distinct segments, each of which will end up with its own security solutions, device security will mature and stabilize significantly.

" Securing IoT ecosystem is not a matter of choice anymore, it is a requirement. "

Need of Cyber Security Services for Telco’s and Financial Industries – ‘Block and Protect’

As cyber-criminals are using increasingly sophisticated threats that target specific cyber assets in banks, telco’s and other financial industries will cause,

  • Disrupt business operations
  • Fiscal losses
  • Loss of valuable customer information
  • Internal data loss
  • Intellectual property theft

Financial and Telco’s verticals should ramp up efforts in adopting advance cyber security services and effective cyber-defence capabilities to protect against cyber espionage and fraud.

The solution is leveraging threat intelligence, predictive security intelligence, automating and imposing processes for IT security risk management and compliance that scale as an organizational requirement evolve.

Use Cases

 

TELCO’S

  • Email Security
  • Network Intelligence
  • Subscriber Intelligence
  • Fraud Investigation
  • Cyber Investigation
  • Social Media Investigation

FINANCIAL SERVICES

  • Financial Investigation
  • Fraud Investigation
  • Money Laundering Investigation
  • Underground Marketplace Intelligence
  • Identity Theft Investigation
  • Terrorism Financing

 

Conclusion

Determining the future of cyber security, evaluating the impact and relevance on future trends is a complex and error-inclined task, but a mandatory one.

To tackle this, organizations need to invest money and time to safe guard from the cyber threat practices. Cyber security ought to be exhaustive and consistent, having the proper level of preparation, cyber security solution implementations, specialist assistance is a key to control damage, and recover from a cyber breach and its consequences.

Awareness of current cyber threats and vulnerabilities specific to that business helps organizations identify and respond to cyber-attack incidents quickly and ensure protective efforts are commensurate with risk.

Cyber security is implementing a comprehensive cyber security program leverages industry standards and best practices to protect systems and detect potential problems, managing cyber risks to an acceptable level rather than implementing a checklist of compliance requirements.

About the Author

Vidhya

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