Sadin on Digital episodes explore the fast-changing and high-stakes world of digital business. Wayne Sadin focuses in particular on what CXOs and boards must do to lead their companies successfully into the Digital Age. In today’s episode, Wayne and Bob explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in cybersecurity.
Episode 50 | Securing the Digital Frontier
The Big Themes:
- Multi-cloud complexity & AI: The adoption of multi-cloud environments presents significant management challenges for IT teams, including complexities in configuration, monitoring, and integration. Simultaneously, there is increasing interest in harnessing AI to enhance cybersecurity, with discussions centering on automating tasks and responses for more effective threat management.
- Need for proactive cybersecurity measures: Proactive cybersecurity measures are to be preferred over reactive ones. It suggests that organizations should invest in tools and strategies that predict and prevent security threats rather than just responding to them.
- Adaptability and skill development: In the face of technological advancements and changing job requirements, adaptability and continuous skill development are crucial. You want a workforce that can adapt to new technologies and think critically about their applications in the business context.
The Big Quote: “When a company gets breached. . . somebody always wrote a memo that went ‘Doesn’t that look funny to you?’. . . imagine if we had a tool that kept watch that listened, that learned, that advised and maybe even got shrill. An email isn’t going to go ‘Hey, man, read me now.’ But the right AI tool might very well be programmed to say, ‘I’m going to keep texting that CIO until they listen to me.'”
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