The Largest Cyber Attack of All Time Is Coming. And AI Could Help Stop It.

A number of articles have been published recently predicting that the largest cyberattack in history is destined to happen soon, one of the main underlying factors behind this assertion is the overnight explosion of the enterprise attack surface and large increase in noted hacks that we've witnessed during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As an example, a recent Forbes article by Stephen McBride claims that, "The Largest Cyberattack In History Could Happen Within Six Months." Although it is entirely possible and even potentially probable that the largest cyber security breach in history is right around the corner, it is also entirely avoidable. Solutions to protect networks in the changing enterprise cyber landscape we are witnessing due to events like COVID-19 do exist, but they are not your typical legacy tools utilizing "AI" that is based on human labeling or Supervised Learning Algorithms which most companies are relying on for their cybersecurity now. According to McBride, switching to remote work, with employees now sharing computers with their loved ones, who are using them for everything from zoom get-togethers to school work, on such a massive scale has caused the attack surface to grow by an astounding 500 percent, virtually overnight.