Cybersecurity 2022: How can business leaders avert a cyber pandemic?

The global pandemic has hit the world at all levels. Nobody is safe anymore now, not even the digital platforms. Yes, if you have been following the news, then you might have heard about the number of cyberattacks that happened alone in 2021, and in the coming days, it can exceed too. 

According to a Cybersecurity Ventures report, it’s predicted that cybercrime damages can hit $6 trillion by this year-end. Around 18 million websites are infected with malware at a given time each week, plus 1.5 million new phishing websites are built each month.

The bottom line of these surveys is that nothing is safe even after tough security practices. But, still, there is a solution that can keep these cybercrimes at bay. 

Any guesses what? Read here.

1. Prevention

The answer to this is simple – in 2022, business leaders need to invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has been known for its potential to help detect and prevent cyberattacks. It will be more accurate and faster in identifying threats and cleaning up compromised systems. So, investing in AI can save your business from a cyber pandemic.

2. Detection

Apart from prevention, timely detection of a cyberattack is also crucial. And this is where AI can be of great help once again. AI will automatically detect and respond to threats in real-time, which means you can minimize the impact of any cyberattack. Thus, you can save your business and even your customers from any harm.

3. Response

Once a cyberattack is detected, it’s essential to have a plan in place for how to respond. Unfortunately, not all businesses are prepared for such an event. Most companies only start thinking about their response when a cyberattack has hit them.

But this is going to change by 2022. Businesses will have to be ready with a fully-trained and tested response plan by then.

4. Recovery

If you manage to detect and respond in time, the only thing left is to recover from the incident. It is made possible by backup and disaster recovery (BDR) solutions, which keep your systems running in an unforeseen event such as an attack.

By 2022, BDR will be able to recover your entire infrastructure in just minutes, thanks to the power of AI. It will help you avoid taking digital businesses offline for extended periods while you recover systems manually or via manual processes that can take many hours or even days.   

5. Resilience

Once your organization is back up and running, the only thing left to do is ensure that your systems can’t be compromised again. It means investing in solutions that build resiliency into your entire infrastructure by 2022. These are systems that can prevent cyberattacks before they even happen.

AI-based security solutions are already capable of identifying threats based on their behavior. This means that your systems will be able to learn and adapt on the go, making it difficult for the bad guys to penetrate your networks.

6. Security

The final step is to make sure that your systems are secure. This can be done by implementing security solutions that protect your networks, data, and applications.

These solutions will become even more important by 2022 as the number of cyberattacks will only increase. By then, businesses should have a multi-layered security approach in place that will protect them from all sorts of attacks.

7. Training & Awareness

Last but not least, employees should be trained on how to stay safe online. Companies should try to adopt preventive measures and set up a standard policy for employees so that they can be aware of the security risk online. For example, you can ask your employees not to click on any suspicious links or emails.

Overall, businesses need to implement all of the above measures to protect themselves from a cyber pandemic. By 2022, most of these measures will be either in place or well on their way to being implemented. So, make sure your business is ready.

Closing Thoughts

The bottom line is that businesses need to invest in AI if they want to stay safe from cyberattacks. AI has the potential to detect and prevent threats and respond and recover quickly from any incident.

There is no doubt that by 2022, business leaders need to invest in solutions that can help them avert a cyber pandemic. By then, AI will do everything from detecting, preventing, and responding to a cyberattack to speeding up the recovery process.

More useful resources:

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