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Diving briefs:
- Artificial intelligence attacks are the biggest concern among IT leaders today. Security company 11:11 The system stated in the report It will be released on Tuesday.
- Approximately three-quarters of IT leaders surveyed say that using AI could make organizations more vulnerable to cyberattacks.
- Research shows that almost half of companies (45%) have already been attacked by using AI to create fishing lures.
Dive Insights:
Artificial intelligence makes it easier for hackers to create persuasive phishing messages, develop new malware, and analyze potential targets. This technology will help defenders find extraordinary activities faster and become a powerful tool for cyber defense. However, as data from the new 11:11 Systems report shows, many companies experience the harm more frequently than they have experienced its benefits.
In addition to 45% of IT leaders who reported experiencing AI-based phishing attacks, 35% said their organizations faced attacks from hackers using “autonomous and mutant malware.”
“IT and business leaders are very aware of how AI is changing the cybercrime landscape, and many are already feeling it,” managed infrastructure provider 11:11 Systems said in a report.
The company's findings are based on a survey of over 800 IT leaders from organizations with at least 1,000 employees in the US, UK, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Australia and Singapore.
Companies are split on how to respond to cyberattacks, with about a quarter of responses fully handled in-house, with about half using both internal and outsourced teams. Another 16% have outsourced their recovery operations completely, while 7% of respondents say their organization does not have a formal recovery plan.
The complexity of the recovery plan, insufficient recovery budget, and lack of internal expertise were in line with the respondents' list of recovery challenges.
Over 80% of respondents thought their organization was overly confident in their ability to recover from attack. About half of those people said their organizations are taking steps to improve their preparation. The 11:11 system said these findings underscored the “need for continuous improvement.”
