Cognitive Security Archives - Cyber Security Minute

Machine Learning Is Our Best Weapon Against Spiraling Cyberthreats

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The security industry is facing a perfect storm created by the combination of an acute skill shortage, an expanding attack surface and increasingly sophisticated adversaries. As a result, the tactics that have served us in the past will no longer suffice. The only way to battle these mounting threats is through collaboration and the strategic use…

Network Security

Seven Steps to Improve Your Security Operations and Response

Issued by: Security Intelligence

It’s hard to escape the reality that every day, cyberthreats morph and expand, escalating the need to improve and tighten security operations and response practices. While it may feel overwhelming, there are ways to help level the playing field. Cognitive computing and machine learning are new technologies that can empower security practitioners to focus on…

Malware & Threats

Elementary, My Dear Watson: Identifying and Understanding Malware With Cognitive Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Malware is a major cause of cyberattacks today, with fraudsters using targeted spear phishing emails and social engineering to distribute malicious files to unsuspecting employees at various organizations. To make matters worse, malware has evolved to avoid detection by traditional security tools and systems.

Network Security

User Behavior Analytics: Perfect for Analysis but Not Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

How many times have you read or heard about user behavior analytics (UBA)? Today this term applies to security managers and auditors but not to security administrators. User behavior analytics enable IT teams to track and quickly analyze user behavior anomalies and monitor watch-lists, trends and many other factors relative to users. UBA is a…

Malware & Threats

Using Cognitive Security to Fight the Cybersecurity Borg

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Organizations today find themselves in a situation not unlike that of the Enterprise crew in “Star Trek.” They are facing a formidable, technologically advanced enemy capable of taking over key components of the organization. In one episode of “Star Trek,” in fact, the Borg collective takes control of Captain Jean-Luc Picard himself, to the horror…

Software Security

Getting Primed to Adopt Cognitive Security Solutions

Issued by: Security Intelligence

President Barack Obama recently sat down for an interview on emerging technologies with Wired Magazine. “Traditionally, when we think about security and protecting ourselves, we think in terms of armor or walls,” he said. “Increasingly, I find myself looking to medicine and thinking about viruses, antibodies … It means that we’ve got to think differently…