NETWORKS AND APPLICATIONS
Use of automation set to rise dramatically The use of cybersecurity automation is undoubtedly on the rise . A 2021 global Statista survey found that 35.9 % of global survey respondents reported using a high level of automation in security operations and event / alert processing .
Cybersecurity automation relies on AI / ML technologies to give cybersecurity systems the ability to recognise threats and find ways to defuse them before they negatively impact a business and its operations .
High-tech cybersecurity automation systems neutralise threats and incorporate security orchestration .
A first step in using cybersecurity automation is gathering and correlating data . AI and ML systems can gather and correlate data , study this data , making systems and cybersecurity automation possible . Which of course has a whole raft of benefits .
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks believes that automation is the only way to reduce the volume of threats and enable faster prevention . The company says with modern cyberattacks becoming heavily automated , organisations trying to defend against these attacks manually don ’ t stand a chance . Nikesh Arora , CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks says : " Organisations are still taking hours , or even days or months , to remediate threats — those are hours and days we no longer have given the speed and sophistication of attacks that are now commonplace . This is not an area where we need an evolutionary approach . This is an area where we need a revolutionary approach . We have to radically reimagine how we run cybersecurity using AI , so that an enterprise is able to respond to all attacks in real time , not days , not weeks , not months ."
“ ORGANISATIONS ARE STILL TAKING HOURS , OR EVEN DAYS OR MONTHS , TO REMEDIATE THREATS ”
NIKESH ARORA CEO AND CHAIRMAN , PALO ALTO