What are AI attacks and how can you defend against them?

AI is changing the way cyberattackers target their victims. While organizations work to increase their security, hackers create new ways to find vulnerabilities with AI. This includes taking public information from across the internet to create new attacks in seconds.

Hackers with spelling and grammar mistakes are a thing of the past, since AI allows them to adapt to different writing styles and skip the proofreading step. This means phishing attacks can be created by more bad actors than ever, and at a much faster pace.

How does this affect your business?

By weaponizing artificial intelligence, hackers can automate, personalize, and optimize their attacks. One mistakenly clicked link sent by an impersonator can lead to financial and data loss.

Businesses also need to have stronger defenses and better cybersecurity training for staff. After all, human error is the number one contributor to cyber incidents. Additionally, organizations should prepare for when things go wrong, not just if they go wrong.

How can your business prepare?

The easiest strategy is to immediately start training employees to recognize impersonators that have urgent requests.

To combat a higher volume of cyberattacks, multi-factor authentication is an easy way to add another layer of protection. Companies of all sizes use these, whether the authenticator is a Microsoft product or from another provider.

You can implement access policies restricted to your department to minimize data losses, in case an account is compromised. That way, a compromised sales account can’t easily interfere with your IT network. Monitoring all login activity also increases the chances of flagging suspicious activity.

Don’t have a plan in place?

Golden West Technologies provides a wide variety of solutions to better equip your business to handle cybersecurity. Experts will work with you to create goals and provide what best suits your organization.

Schedule a consultation today to find out how you can safeguard your important data and reduce downtime.