In the digital age, IT security has become an ever-growing concern for all types of businesses and organizations. With more data being created, shared and stored, the threat of a potential cyber-attack has never been greater. Hackers have been able to take advantage of phishing attacks and compromising identity services to steal valuable data from large and small companies. In order to tackle the issue of cyber and IT security, traditional processes and management approaches are proving inefficient, unable to keep pace with the ever-evolving security threats and malpractices.
Enter machine learning to help crack the IT security conundrum. Operating through two primary practices – cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud infrastructure entitlements management (CIEM) – ML algorithms are used to detect and understand unusual behavior, identify risks, and help security analysts understand what is happening in the network. For example, through CIEM, algorithms can analyze identity access permissions to detect potential threats, including host and open source vulnerabilities.
For businesses and organizations that don’t have the personnel or resources to make internal ML investments, outsourcing the security function to a third-party platform is an increasingly attractive option. By leveraging ML-based SaaS for network security, businesses can stay focused on their own objectives and benefit from dedicated analytics, efficient monitoring and automated protection.
Nvidia, Samsung, Microsoft and Ubisoft’s experience serves to highlight the importance of dedicating resources to cybersecurity. In order to safeguard sensitive data and remain compliant, organisations must work with trusted third parties to set up ML-based SaaS. In doing so, businesses can ensure their security infrastructure is up-to-date with the industry’s best practices in a cost-effective way.
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Okta is an identity and access management services provider that helps businesses and organizations to protect employee, customer and partner identity and access. By giving organizations a single sign-on system, Okta ensures that sensitive data and IT resources remain safe and secure. The company also helps organizations to manage privileged access, applications and APIs as per their security needs. Organizations around the world use Okta to protect their data from malicious actors and Mitigate attackers.[1]
The cyber extortion gang Lapsus$ is a perfect example of how current security threats are affecting organizations of all sizes. Reporters have linked the criminal group to some of the biggest cyber-attacks in 2021 including the Microsoft video game publishing division, Ubisoft, Nvidia and Samsung. Through outsmarting traditional security solutions like SSO, the group was able to gain access to sensitive data and intellectual property of its victims.[2]
The growing threats make it clear that organizations need to invest in powerful security solutions to prevent these attacks from happening again. ML-based solutions can provide organizations with the protection they need as they allow algorithms to analyze and learn network behavior to identify potential threats. As a result, ML is quickly becoming the new standard for forward-thinking organizations that are serious about their security.
[1] https://www.okta.com/
[2] https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/lapus-gang-strikes-again-in-2021-a-15403
