{"id":7567,"date":"2019-03-26T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:05:32","slug":"how-to-have-intelligent-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/cross-industry\/2019\/03\/26\/how-to-have-intelligent-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to have intelligent cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New threats and more sophisticated attacks are always on the horizon in the cybersecurity world. This new normal means you must not only block known threats, but you need to look for and protect against new unknown threats – and this is where AI and machine learning come into play.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Intelligent Security Graph<\/a> powers Microsoft\u2019s built-in security. This means you benefit from advanced analytics collected from trillions of threat indicators generated by Microsoft and our partners. Using AI and machine learning to trawl through these signals, they find the ones that matter. Therefore, these insights power real-time threat protection.<\/p>\n According to PandaSecurity,<\/a> last year a staggering 285,000 new malware samples were created each day. 96 percent of malware is only used once. This means the next malware attack could be completely different to the last.<\/p>\n You need to be just as protected from that new malware landing in your organisation\u2019s inbox as you were from the one last week.<\/p>\n Back to that pesky malware. Thanks to built-in intelligent security, different cloud-based machine learning models detect, scan, and block, proactively defending and remediating systems. This means that malware could be stopped before anyone has a chance to even be tempted to open it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the exact scenario that stopped Ursnif, an info-stealing malware<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every month our security\u2026<\/p>\n That’s a lot of checks on a lot of data. Much more than an average IT team can do. Now, not only do you have an extra security-focussed team you never knew you had, but you have the power of advanced analytics behind you.<\/p>\n It\u2019s now easier to detect, protect, and respond to threats. You can keep track of the latest threats and trends without disruptions and get insight on how to ensure you stay secure.<\/p>\n Intelligence isn\u2019t just about a great big machine in the background helping your cybersecurity infrastructure. It\u2019s also important to keep your staff up-to-date. According to the NCSC cybersecurity breaches survey<\/a>, only 20 percent of businesses have staff who completed training in the last 12 months. Also, it is mainly directors and senior management attending training. It\u2019s no surprise that one in ten of these businesses report cyber skills gaps.<\/p>\n What about Ursnif, the malware that was stopped by intelligent security? If it slipped through the cracks, it presented itself as a macro to enable in an emailed document. If one of your staff clicked on that, then the damage would have been done.<\/p>\n Even though your organisation feels protected with built-in security, it\u2019s important to ensure you empower your staff to help detect, protect, and respond. Have a formal policy covering cyber security risks. Astonishingly, only 27 percent of businesses have one. Provide regular training for all staff. Microsoft has plenty of online resources to help start your skills journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n By having empowered, cyber-aware people, coupled with built-in security powered by intelligence, you\u2019ll be a stronger organisation ready to detect, protect, and respond.<\/p>\nBuilt-in security to make security easy<\/h2>\n
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Cybersecurity defence starts with your employees<\/h2>\n
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