Karen Buffo is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at MixMode. In this role, she is responsible for product, solution, account-based marketing, customer programs, brand and creative, communications, analyst relations, field and channel marketing and enablement. Prior to MixMode, Buffo was the CMO of Anomali and the CMO of Symantec, a Division of Broadcom and held several leadership roles during her tenure at Oracle. She is a recognized industry keynote speaker, mentor, and contributor to the Cybersecurity community.
MixMode and Ponemon Institute partner to show how AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape and the challenges and opportunities it presents for organizations.
Santa Barbara, CA, February 13, 2024 – MixMode, the leading provider of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, announced the release of its inaugural State of AI in Cybersecurity Report 2024 today. The report is based on a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute of US cybersecurity professionals who share how AI is used for cybersecurity in their organizations.
The report provides insights into how organizations are leveraging AI to enhance their security posture and effectively detect and respond to cyberattacks. It also highlights the current and future trends, challenges, and best practices of AI adoption in cybersecurity.
Some of the key findings of the report are:
- 53 percent of organizations are at the early stages of AI adoption, while only 18 percent are at the advanced stages.
- 45 percent of organizations experienced one or more cyberattacks in the past year.
- 70 percent of respondents say AI is highly effective in detecting previously undetectable threats, yet 67% use AI mainly to create rules based on known patterns and indicators of cyber threats.
- Organizations are still feeling the effects of the cybersecurity skills shortage, yet only 50% use AI to address the problem.
“AI is a game-changer for cybersecurity, as it can automate and augment the detection and response capabilities of security teams, as well as reduce the noise and complexity of security operations,” said John Keister, CEO of MixMode. “However, AI also poses new challenges and risks, such as the threat of AI being used for adversarial attacks and the need for specialized operator skills. MixMode understands the complexity of AI and delivers automated capabilities to revolutionize the cybersecurity landscape through our patented self-learning algorithm that can detect threats and anomalies in real-time at high speed and scale. This helps enterprises rapidly recognize new malware and insider risks to help strained security teams automate mundane tasks and focus on higher-level defenses.”
The report also offers recommendations and best practices for organizations to successfully implement and optimize AI for cybersecurity, such as:
- Aligning AI initiatives with business goals and security strategies.
- Investing in training and upskilling security personnel on AI tools and technologies.
- Evaluating and selecting AI vendors based on their capabilities, performance, and trustworthiness.
- Implementing a robust governance framework and ethical principles for AI use and oversight.
- Collaborating and sharing intelligence with other organizations and stakeholders.
“We believe this study on AI is unique because it reveals both its value in strengthening the cybersecurity posture of organizations and the challenges when leveraging the technology to detect and respond to cyberattacks”, said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute. “It is our hope that the findings will help organizations that are in the process of adopting AI minimize the barriers to deployment and more quickly achieve the benefits.”
About MixMode
MixMode is the leader in delivering AI cybersecurity solutions at scale and is the first to bring a third-wave, context-aware AI approach that automatically learns and adapts to dynamically changing environments. MixMode offers a patented, self-supervised learning Platform designed to detect known and unknown threats in real-time across cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments. Large enterprises with big data environments, including global entities in financial services, Fortune 1K commercial enterprises, critical infrastructure, and government sectors, trust MixMode to protect their most critical assets. Backed by PSG and Entrada Ventures, the company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Learn more at www.mixmode.ai.
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