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COGNIZANT & IBM
and access management , which has been gaining a lot of traction in recent years .
“ But , one important thing – which a lot of people don ’ t know about Cognizant – is that when the entire world didn ’ t focus on identity security , we started our cybersecurity division with identity security . Cognizant has always been futuristic in its choice !”
Dr . Muppidi also introduces a critical piece to this enterprise cybersecurity conversation – the evergrowing complexities of the threat landscape and how to act on them . Dr . Muppidi helps simplify the requirement as “ the ability to predict , prevent , and respond to modern-day threats .”
He continues : “ How do we create a good understanding of that entire risk spectrum from the outside-in – from an attacker ’ s perspective ? We do this by understanding the attack surface and using machine learning to identify the risk , proactively protect , accurately detect and respond faster .”
The power of Gen AI for cybersecurity So , how can Gen AI play this role in making cybersecurity programs more efficient and enabling business transformation ?
AI has become essential in cybersecurity , assisting short-handed security teams in dealing with many alerts generated from products that don ’ t necessarily talk to each other . Dr . Muppidi says : “ Gen AI extends AI ’ s benefits to alleviate human bottlenecks further and deliver productivity gains . It is a power tool that assists the security team in accomplishing tasks faster . Examples include accelerating investigation with Gen AI-based incident summarisation , Q & A / chatbots and responding faster
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