It doesn't matter where you are working: at the kitchen table, on a factory floor,
or even in outer space. Nowadays everyone, from Account Executives to Astronauts,
consistently need to access digital resources remotely. But to bring things back down to earth,
remote working has helped many organizations endure the ongoing global disruption,
and will likely stick around as many countries are now introducing a second lockdown. In light
of this, challenges of working from home will persist. The distinction between working from home
and working from the office is becoming less and less meaningful, as today's workforce is dynamic
and many workers find themselves empowered to work anywhere and everywhere. And so, as workers become
less static and increasingly decentralized, the notion of protecting the perimeter has become even
more obsolete. So instead, we need to be thinking of ways to protect the workforce, and specifically
the workers. Against this backdrop, we're going to take a look at three cyber security risk areas
that companies continue to face. If you're new, welcome to the Darktrace YouTube channel. We are
the world's leading cyber AI company and the pioneers of autonomous response technology. My
name is Marianna Pereira and I am the Director of Email Security Products here at Darktrace. So
first off: email scams. You've heard me talk about this in length. But email scams aren't going away,
but rather they're on the rise. And as policies and procedures are likely to continue changing,
we know this brings novelty, and novelty brings opportunity for incremental scams. But we often
talk about scams that target the users. It's worth remembering that IT departments should also
be wary of unexpected calls or requests such as, 'hey, I've forgotten my password - can you please
send me an email with a reset to my personal email account'. But when trying to facilitate
the resolution of these legitimate issues, the onus will be on the individuals to apply caution,
common sense, and appropriately validate these requests. Next, we have attacks on Cloud
and SaaS infrastructure. In cybersecurity, perimeter protections often involved using
a list of known 'bads' and other historically informed approaches in an attempt from keeping the
attackers from gaining entry into the ecosystem. But how do you put a wall around an infrastructure
that is constantly shifting? Nowadays, with the adoption of new tools for communication
and collaboration such as SaaS platforms and cloud environments, the metaphorical boundary of
the digital estate are being radically redefined. And third, errors and creative solutions. So, so
many of us are facing new challenges and are being encouraged to find creative ways around them, and
this is all well and good until the 'do what it takes approach' introduces elements of cyber risk,
as employees are trying their best at driving efficiency and productivity and just getting
the job done. There might not be an authorized solution to address that problem already in place,
and this leads to employees turning to unvetted online free tools to work their way around these
blocks. As these new solutions are likely to be outside the scope of existing use cases and rules,
companies need a proactive and dynamic approach to detection and response, and to spot risky creative
behaviors. For many years, we've heard about the impact of digital transformation projects. 2020
certainly accelerated many of these and pushed many companies to adopt remote working as a new
normal. They've adapted policies that supported their distributed workforce, and provided creative
solutions to get the job done safely. All this means that companies have had to actively
strengthen their cyber defenses, even while they're rapidly expanding their digital estates.
These three security risk areas are actually three opportunities to rethink and reshape the approach
to cyber-security. Moving away from the tried and failed model of perimeter security that only lets
the 'good' in, we know simply cannot keep up with the changes of the modern workplace or workplaces
because they are static, so they need to be manually reconfigured by security teams
anytime a shift occurs in work practices. So the answer really lies in finding a solution
that can learn entirely on its own. Actively achieving an evolving understanding of who's in
your organization and how their behavior changes over time. This is why self-learning AI has become
such a vital tool. Darktrace's self-learning AI does not rely on static rules and signatures, but
rather it leverages unsupervised machine learning to learn the DNA of your business and fights
back against threats based on this continuously evolving understanding of 'self'. This approach
can be applied to protect the workforce no matter where they are working from. Because we're
understanding the human behind the machine and allowing the immune system to respond to anomalies
as they emerge, regardless of where they emerge from. Be it in email, cloud, or even well-meaning
but potentially security myopic workers. When the world changed in what seemed like an instant,
self-learning AI was there to help organizations and workers that it defends to seamlessly
transition at the speed of change. To learn more about how cyber AI can transform your business,
please visit our website at dartrace.com. If you haven't yet, please subscribe to the
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