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5. Learn which kinds of information are most in need of protecting and most often sought
after by hackers.

6. If you use a cloud storage service, ensure it has a secure encryption method.

7. Your company needs a floor-wide security policy that will protect confidential information,
and make sure employees are aware of security protocols.

8. Have a concrete plan in place, in the event of a security breach to the company.

9. Make sure your system for managing records is secure—and ideally off-site.

Tripwire goes beyond strong security protocols to argue for artificial intelligence (AI) and deep
machine learning being in charge of cybersecurity systems, in order to be able to keep up with
the complexity of the personalized malware that is now able to be installed at the push of a
button.

However, Alexey Malanov argues that there’s nothing new about machine learning in
cybersecurity, pointing out that algorithms were first implemented ten to twelve years ago.
Ideally, once the majority of cybersecurity protections are being carried out by machine learning,
software engineers will become freed up to focus on more advanced security concepts.

Datanami even goes so far as to argue that machine learning is our “last hope” for
cybersecurity. One reason for this is the ever-widening array of connected devices, coupled
with increasing amounts of security-related data.

They also argue that attacks will become fully-automated and bot-based, making them faster
and even more difficult to detect than before. In addition, machine learning will have a greater
ability to detect changes that inform network behavioral profiles of normal and abnormal site
traffic.

As we look ahead to 2017, we can predict an industry-wide embrace of more sophisticated,
automated cybersecurity programs that can go head to head with sophisticated botnets and
other types of cyber-threats—both human and automated. Let’s all take the recommended
steps to ensure we avoid having to deal with a company-wide DDoS or other massive security
breach.

About the Author

Daphne Stanford hosts "The Poetry Show!" on KRBX, her local
community radio station, every Sunday at 5 p.m. A writer of poetry,
nonfiction, and lyric essays, her favorite pastimes include hiking, bicycling,
and good conversation with friends and family. Follow her on
Twitter @TPS_on_KRBX.

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