Organizations face myriad threat vectors such as ransomware and DDoS attacks, and AI is now also top-of-mind as a potential security threat.
Fortunately, AI largely is not yet the looming security threat that the tech and telecom industries imagined. AI could actually be used to protect and remediate threats, says Chris Novak, senior director of Cybersecurity Consulting for Verizon Business, on the podcast.
However, Novak warns that many organizations don’t have acceptable use policies for GenAI tools. This means employees could accidentally share confidential information and create a threat from inside the organization.
In addition to AI and security, Novak shares several highlights from Verizon’s 17th Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), covering topics such as the threat of zero-day vulnerabilities, the importance of cyber risk quantification and the problem with “breach fatigue.”
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