Security News > 2023 > November > AI and contextual threat intelligence reshape defense strategies

AI continues to evolve to improve both cyber defense and cyber criminal activities, while regulatory pressures, continued consolidation, and geopolitical concerns will drive more proactive cybersecurity efforts with contextual threat intelligence, according to Cybersixgill.

As organizations increasingly adopt Threat Exposure Management - a proactive approach to cybersecurity - Cybersixgill believes that cyber threat intelligence will emerge as a foundational component of TEM and play a central role as leaders across organizations make critical, strategic business decisions.

"Over the past year, we've witnessed significant developments in cybersecurity, including the emergence of generative AI and its ability to enhance organizations' threat intelligence efforts, and the rise of Threat Exposure Management, a program of consolidation to identify and mitigate risk and strengthen cyber defense proactively," said Sharon Wagner, CEO of Cybersixgill.

"With these advancements, curated threat intelligence is gaining prominence and accessibility, delivering relevant, contextual data based on a company's attack surface and the effectiveness of its security stack. As security teams home their strategies against malicious actors, these trends will play an even bigger role in the coming year and beyond," added Wagner.

These requirements will drive a more vital need for proactive threat intelligence to help mitigate risk, continuously identify gaps, and strengthen cyber hygiene.

As threat actors' motivations stretch beyond financial gain, Cybersixgill predicts an uptick in attacks targeting entities without profit centers, such as schools, hospitals, public utilities, and other essential services, as bad actors aim to gain power and influence and cause general disorder.

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