eBook | Transforming Security Management with GenAI-powered Assistants

Transforming Security Management With GenAI-powered Assistants How to streamline cyber security operations, save time and costs, and significantly improve outcomes

CONTENTS

• The evolving threat landscape
• Important security considerations
• Essential use cases
• Conclusion
• The emergence of GenAI-powered assistants
• How it works
• Main features and capabilities
• Key benefits

Transforming security management with GenAI-powered assistants

THE EVOLVING THREAT LANDSCAPE

Today’s threat landscape is dynamic, complex, and marked by a dramatic increase in frequency and severity of attacks. According to Check Point Research, global cyberattacks have surged by 75%, with ransomware incidents alone increasing by 90%. The sophistication of cyber criminals is growing; threat actors are increasingly using AI, machine learning, and other advanced technologies to bypass traditional security defenses. The attack surface is expanding: the shift to hybrid work combined with the proliferation of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and cloud services has created more entry points that cyber criminals can exploit. There is a shortage of security skills; with only 85 security experts available for every 100 open positions, organizations are struggling to fill critical roles and maintain adequate security defenses. This combination of forces has made protecting the organization more daunting than ever. What today’s cyber security organizations need is a new way to augment the skills of human experts with technology to get their jobs done faster and more efficiently.

THE EMERGENCE OF GENAI-POWERED ASSISTANTS

“In essence, GenAI is not just an evolution of existing AI technologies but a transformative force that introduces new dynamics into the cyber security landscape.” - IDC. Generative AI (GenAI) is reinventing how we work – from enabling developers to debug code faster and finance to ensure audit accuracy, to scaling content creation for marketers. It is redefining roles and even whole industries. Its impact on cyber security is already evident, with GenAI-powered assistants introducing the new paradigm required for tackling the growing wave of security threats. 79% of organizations are realizing very significant or significant value from GenAI. The Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study indicates that 94% of organizations agree or strongly agree that they expect GenAI to help accelerate the software development cycle.

AUTOMATING

Routine tasks as well as complex, multi-step activities.

How it works

GenAI assistants can analyze unprecedented volumes of data, spot patterns, extract insights, and generate content and recommendations, engaging with users in a conversational manner. Based on learned data patterns, they create and deliver new outputs that align with the context and address the prompts they receive, providing relevant suggestions, answering complex questions, and creating content.

Main features and capabilities

• INTERACTING in a natural conversation via chat, making it easy for practitioners to communicate and execute tasks.
• PROVIDING contextualized and complete answers to prompts by knowing the organization’s policies, access rules, objects and logs, as well as product-specific documentation.