Kaspersky: Leading the way from cybersecurity to cyber-immunity
Bali, Indonesia: Technology has been changing the world at a breakneck pace, but the number of cyberattacks using technology is also increasing rapidly, inflicting enormous damage each year.
Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company specialising in deep threat intelligence and security, held its annual Cyber Security Conference in Bali, Indonesia, throwing light on many of these concerns.
The theme of the conference, “Deus Ex Machina: Setting Secure Directives for Smart Machines”, aims to chart a secure map as the world embraces the power of AI.
Kaspersky reports that every day around 400,000 suspicious malware are detected.
“My goal is to integrate cybersecurity with cyber-immunity”, said Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of Kaspersky.
As the world embraces the power of AI in almost every aspect of our daily lives, AI, while bringing the world closer and improving lives, is also being exploited, misused. There has been a huge surge in cybercrime cases.
Kaspersky said his company is constantly coming up with innovative solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. Its latest cyber-protection service is “Kaspersky OS”.
“With several cybercrimes the damage is permanent and most of the problems cannot be fixed, then why not make it unhackable and flexible?”, said the CEO. “Kaspersky OS can guarantee that while constantly optimising the operation system,” he added.
The company recently trademarked “Kaspersky Cyber Immunity” in the United States and the European Union. It embodies a secure-by-design system that makes it possible to create solutions that are virtually impossible to compromise and that minimise the number of potential vulnerabilities. In an age where technology can be used by good guys and bad guys alike, traditional cybersecurity is no longer enough. “As a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, there’s a need to revolutionise the defences to ensure we create a more secure digital world, the CEO said.
Another issue raised during the conference was about the pros and cons of AI. The arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022 has triggered debates and conversations on AI, after the world saw the tangible effects of this neural network technology, which also revealed AI’s potential to disrupt industries globally.
Vitaly Kamluk, head of research centre for Asia Pacific, Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky, revealed that as the world is technologically advancing, there are increasing cybercrimes, which could cause “AI triggers: suffering distancing syndrome”.
“Unlike a physical assault, there is also a potential psychological hazard here. Cybercriminals use AI to carry out their malicious actions, and put the blame on the technology and feel less answerable for the impact of their cyberattacks”, said Kamluk.
Kamluk suggested some guidelines to safely embrace the benefits of AI:
– Restrict anonymous access to real intelligent systems
– Keep the history of generated content and identify how a given synthesised content was generated.
Regulations:
– The European Union has started discussions on identifying content produced with the help of AI. That way, the users can at least have a quick and reliable way to detect AI-generated imagery, sound, video or text. There will always be offenders, but then they will be a minority and will always have to run and hide.
– As for the AI developers, it may be reasonable to licence such activities, as such systems may be harmful. It’s a dual-use technology, and similar to military or dual-use equipment, the manufacturing has to be controlled, including imposing export restrictions where necessary.
Education
– The most effective way for everyone is creating awareness about how to detect artificial content, how to validate it, and how to report possible abuse.
– Schools should be teaching about AI, how it is different from natural intelligence and how reliable or broken it can be with all of its hallucinations.
– Software coders must be taught to use technology responsibly and know about the punishment for abusing it.
Yeo Siang Tiong, Kaspersky’s general manager for Southeast Asia, said that the company had collaborated with many Thai government agencies and businesses to create a more secure digital environment and continue evolving in response to the changing dynamics of 2024. Kaspersky has a very good partnership with the National Cybersecurity Agency to work together, report and tackle cybersecurity matters in many aspects, he said.
“In Southeast Asia, Thailand is already pretty much on alert and advancing in terms of cybersecurity, but more work needs to be done. Kaspersky provides information and workshops with its in-depth threat intelligence capabilities, to work together with the government to ensure a safer future for local businesses, government agencies, and the public in Thailand,” said Yeo.
Kaspersky has provided its customers and partners a number of instruments to ascertain the security and reliability of its solutions through its Global Transparency Initiative.
