AI has made its impact across nearly all industries, making work faster, smarter and more efficient. I see this being most evident in security. With threats growing more sophisticated and vulnerabilities carrying higher stakes, AI has become an indispensable tool for security professionals, empowering them to stay ahead, be more proactive and better safeguard their organizations.
One hole in a supply chain could cause a ripple effect if not addressed quickly. As technology has evolved, the way we manage risk also needs to evolve. The traditional process for managing third-party risk has organizations sharing questionnaires with their vendors and partners to gather information to help identify policies and weaknesses within supply chains that could result in a breach. With AI, the manual questionnaire process will likely become obsolete.
Rather than using time and resources to track down the right department and people for answers, AI can help automate this process. With a central knowledge base of security policies, AI models can quickly respond to these inquiries,Manually onboarding new employees is time-consuming and cumbersome. Along with the plethora of paperwork, it requires careful management of new digital identities for proper security.