From reactive to resilient: Cyber security in the age of AI
Abstract
The world of cyber security is moving at breakneck speed. To keep up — or, even better, to get ahead of the curve — security leaders must do more than just react to threats as they appear. With the rapid advancement of technology, modern security strategies should look to weave together the strengths of detection engineering, predictive analytics and preventive engineering into a unified, adaptive approach. By embracing this integrated feedback loop and harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI), integrated threat intelligence (TI) and comprehensive observability, organisations can move beyond merely identifying and responding to attacks. They can outpace adversaries, anticipate threats and engineer resilience at every layer of the organisation, predicting, adapting and stopping adversaries before they cause harm, intentionally designing controls to limit the blast radius of any successful attack. This paper explores the strategic imperative of moving from reactive to resilient, offering a new vision for cyber security in a world where attackers are relentless and innovation is essential. This article is also included in The Business & Management Collection which can be accessed at https://hstalks.com/business/.
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Author's Biography
Lesley Kipling is Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, Microsoft EMEA. Previously lead investigator for Microsoft’s detection and response team (DART), Lesley has spent more than 24 years responding to customers’ largest and most impactful cyber security incidents. As Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, she now provides customers, partners and agencies around the globe with deep insights into how and why security incidents happen, how to harden defences and, more importantly, how to automate response and contain attacks with the power of the cloud and machine learning (ML). She holds a Master of Science in forensic computing from Cranfield University, UK.
