is why I believe we ’ re going to see a massive increase in its use for behavioral analysis , pattern recognition , and improved re- sponse time to potential security threats .
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Addressing the skills gap
Ransomware , phishing , and malware plague the public sec- tor , but it ’ s difficult to find enough cybersecurity experts to mitigate attacks when agencies compete with the private sector to fill po- sitions .
Human error plays a significant role in costly data breaches , and high threat volumes exacerbate the issue and increase the likeli- hood of mistakes .
According to IBM research , or- ganizations ns can close this skills gap and mitigate costs by in- corporating automation into their operations . Organizations with a fully deployed securi- ty automation strategy had an average breach cost of $ 2.9 mil- lion , whereas those with no auto- mation strategy had an average breach cost of $ 6.71 million , the study found .
Employing automation and AI to aid in threat detection and remediation has the potential to save agencies millions in dam- ages in the event of a data breach , while also mitigating the na- tionwide shortage of skilled and reliable labor in cybersecurity .
Digital assistants can bolster security
Even within an agency with a wellstaffed , talented team of cybersecurity experts , employees can be- come easily overburdened and experience alert fatigue when alerts occur in high volumes .
When there is an overabundance of potential threats flagged , or- ganization and prioritization can
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