There's hardly any business nowadays that don't use computers and connect to the Internet. Companies maintain an online presence through their official websites, blogs, and social media pages. People use online services to conduct day to day activities like banking. And of course, there are many businesses that are completely based on the web like online markets, e-Commerce websites and financial services. All of these activities create opportunities for cyber attacks.

Building a competent cybersecurity practice takes effective and intelligent cybersecurity solutions. When a layered strategy is combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning, businesses of all sizes can increase their resistance to attacks and breaches. Before getting started, it's essential to understand the role artificial intelligence and machine learning play in effective cybersecurity, as well has how they can help better protect clients and bolster profitability for MSPs.

Once upon a time, cybersecurity was a function of protecting a server or two, and a handful of endpoints from a random virus every now and then. Over the past 20 years, though, the size and scope of the infrastructure most companies need to protect, and the volume of malicious threats those companies face, have skyrocketed exponentially. That's why artificial intelligence (AI) is crucial today. AI has quickly evolved from science fiction pipe dream to overhyped buzzword to business imperative in order to effectively defend against threats today. The halcyon days of a small local network that was easily defined and contained are long gone.