That's crucial, and not just for corporate users, who faced, on average, seven new patches per day during 2003. In fact, Dunphy said, automated patch deployment is actually more important to protect home users who rarely keep track of vulnerabilities and infrequently update their machines.
"If you have a half million home users infected or controlled by hackers, these machines can be used target companies," he said. "We need to harden up the home user computers, since they also feed back into the corporate network" via at-home workers connecting back to the enterprise.
"It's all one big public road that we're on," he said. "We're all in the same boat."
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
