Data security experts say CISOs can cope with these changes by understanding the nature of the shifting landscape, implementing foundational risk management strategies, and reaching for new tools that better protect data and quickly identify when adverse data events are underway. Although the advent of artificial intelligence increases data protection challenges, experts say AI can also help fill in some of the cracks in existing data protection programs.
Vast amounts of data and shifting threats are reshaping data protection
Not surprisingly, one of the top challenges CISOs face in data protection is grappling with the sheer volume of data. “It is vast, and it is everywhere, both in terms of locations and what we try to answer for,” Dan Benjamin, head of data, identity, and AI security at Palo Alto Networks, tells CSO.
“An enterprise will have data on-prem, SaaS, public cloud, endpoint, mobile devices, email, and multiple different types of locations,” he says. “And traditionally, there are no single products to tackle all those locations.”