Artificial intelligence (AI) is overhauling the way we do business—offering streamlined workflows, efficient automations, complex cloud tools and much more. Despite its many benefits, AI is also fueling the cybercrime empire, enabling it to launch AI-powered cyberattacks that continuously grow in scope, severity and sophistication.
Navigating the double-edged sword created by AI is critical to surviving in today’s digital business environment. To combat AI-powered cyberthreats, organizations must invest in AI-powered cybersecurity tools.
Against this backdrop, AI-powered Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has emerged as your best defense, combining cutting-edge technology with 24/7 monitoring by security experts. Here’s how AI and machine learning (ML) enhance MDR and how deploying MDR can protect your business.
What Are the Advantages of AI & ML?
Improvements in AI and ML technology have dramatically enhanced cybersecurity solutions. AI augments cybersecurity with automated, complex decision-making and reasoning abilities. It’s also critical for real-time data monitoring, automated incident response, proactive threat hunting, resource optimization and large-scale data analysis.
ML is a form of AI that analyzes historical data to optimize ongoing processes. In cybersecurity, ML is critical for identifying patterns in malicious activity, detecting zero-day threats and recognizing anomalies in user behavior. Additionally, ML can enable predictive analytics that forecast potential vulnerabilities and emerging threats. In modern cybersecurity solutions, AI and ML are joined at the hip, building off one another to create a comprehensive, smarter cybersecurity environment.
What Is Managed Detection & Response?
MDR is an AI-powered cybersecurity service that monitors network activity, analyzes potential vulnerabilities and automatically remediates identified cyberthreats. The solution uses cutting-edge AI and ML technologies to weed out stubborn and elusive cyberthreats, and takes proactive action to contain, mitigate and respond to threats. MDR also leverages AI-powered automations to ensure incidents are remediated as soon as possible.
Comprehensive MDR solutions, like those offered by Cox Business, are designed to help secure both on-premises and cloud environments for enhanced protection. Moreover, AI paired with human cybersecurity expertise can support comprehensive handling of a variety of cyberthreats.
What Are the Benefits of Deploying an MDR Solution?
There are many benefits to partnering with a managed service provider (MSP), such as Cox Business, for MDR solutions, including:
- Unburdened IT Teams—The MSP’s Security Operations Center (SOC) team manages your MDR solution so your IT team can focus on high-value assignments and critical tasks.
- Noise-free Security—MDR platforms eliminate noise so that alerts are important, contextual and actionable.
- Right-fit Implementation—The MSP works with your IT team to help tailor your MDR solution to align with your specific cybersecurity needs and business goals.
- Real-time Monitoring—The MSP monitors your IT environments around the clock in real-time so that issues are identified and remediated as soon as possible.
- Highly-skilled Engineers—The provider’s SOC is staffed by seasoned cybersecurity experts and engineers to help address threats promptly and appropriately.
- 24/7/365 Support—The provider’s SOC is reachable 24/7/365 to support your IT team with any cybersecurity troubles.
- Single Pane of Glass—All MDR activities and cybersecurity resources are easily accessed through an intuitive, single-pane-of-glass portal.
Protect Against AI-Powered Cyberthreats With Cox Business MDR
Cox Business is committed to constant innovation to ensure we can help you combat formidable cybersecurity threats. Our MDR solution, powered by RapidScale, a Cox Business company, fully embraces AI and ML to ensure our customers have the best cybersecurity tools to protect their business environments. And, thanks to professional human oversight, our customers have peace of mind that their MDR solution is backed by our 24/7 SOC team of solutions experts and engineers.
