Organizations, governments, academics and many others are looking for ways to harness the transformative power of GenAI technology. The majority of IT leaders (67%) prioritize GenAI for their business in the next 18 months. While there is great excitement about GenAI’s promises, there are also some concerns, including uncertainty about GenAI’s impact on cybersecurity on multiple fronts.
To help us understand key cybersecurity trends and enable us to make informed decisions about mitigating cybersecurity risks, Gartner revealed its cybersecurity forecasts and recommendations at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Sydney .
With 2024 expected to be another banner year for GenAI, it’s no surprise that many of Gartner’s predictions are tied to GenAI technology.
According to Gartner, the adoption of GenAI will close the skills gap by 2028 and minimize the occurrence of employee-initiated security incidents. This could potentially transform the way organizations hire and train cybersecurity professionals. Gartner recommends that organizations identify adjacent talent for more critical cybersecurity roles and that cybersecurity teams focus on internal use cases to make it easier for employees.
“As we begin to move beyond what is possible with GenAI, strong opportunities are emerging to help solve a number of recurring issues affecting cybersecurity, particularly skills shortages and insecure human behavior. The scope of this year’s top predictions clearly isn’t about technology, as the human element continues to get much more attention. Deepti Gopal, director analyst at Gartner.
Gartner also predicts that by 2026, companies that combine GenAI with integrated platform-based architecture in security behavior and culture programs (SBCP) will experience 40% fewer security incidents caused by their employees.
Personalized employee engagement is often a critical component of effective SBCP, and GenAI has the potential to take into account unique employee attributes to generate personalized content and training materials.
Organizations using customer information could potentially be exposed to regulatory and legal implications. Cybersecurity leaders could face personal legal risks due to new laws and regulations, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that by 2027, two-thirds of the world’s 100 organizations will extend directors and officers (D&O) insurance to cybersecurity leaders.
Gartner also highlighted the opportunity for security and risk management (SRM) leaders to use GenAI in proactive collaboration with other business stakeholders to improve the overall cybersecurity performance of the organization. ‘business. This should include taking a human-centric approach to upskill existing security talent using GenAI to augment, not replace, humans.
The staggering cost of data breaches has been highlighted by numerous reports, including an IBM study which showed that the global market the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 millionan increase of 15% over three years.
Gartner shared its prediction on the enormous cost of combating misinformation. According to Gartner, business spending to combat malformations will exceed $500 billion, swallowing up more than 50% of cybersecurity and marketing budgets.
While GenAI is used by businesses to improve their cybersecurity performance, the same technology is used by malicious actors to create and distribute highly effective malicious information. To mitigate this threat, Gartner recommends that chief information security officers (CISOs) clearly define responsibility for their organization’s anti-misinformation programs and invest in tools and techniques to combat this problem.
As large language models (LLMs) use massive amounts of data and create more new data, GenAI applications can exacerbate security and privacy risks. Organizations will need to deploy a multifaceted approach to create a responsible AI framework. Additionally, stakeholders will need to come together for a comprehensive assessment of GenAI’s impact on enterprise cybersecurity and find solutions to address the issues.
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