I have data breach fatigue. Every day, my inbox is flooded with dozens of emails about the newest data breaches and what causes them. Five years ago, I took note of every company listed and the mistakes made that led to the breach. Today, I barely skim them. How many times can I read that a hotel chain, restaurant chain, retail chain, etc. were victims of a data breach without my eyes glazing over?
It’s not that data breaches and cyber incidents aren’t important, but that they happen so often that I’ve become immune to them, even when they have a direct impact on me.
If I, a person who writes about this, am suffering from data breach fatigue, then how bad is it for those on the front line?
The CISO’s Perspective on Data Breaches
Data breach fatigue is a trickle-down issue. Chief information security officers (CISOs) feel overwhelmed by constantly putting out fires and dealing with the aftermath of a breach. The security team feels burned out. And consumers have tuned out because there seem to be so many high-profile data breaches and their lack of understanding of cybersecurity overall.
The only way to completely get rid of breach fatigue is to stop data breaches. That, of course, is not going to happen. So, the next step is to address potential incidents before they can become full-blown threats. However, today’s cybersecurity landscape already leads to overworking and burnout. Asking people to handle more is not going to solve the problem.
Enter artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) as a potential solution.
“You can control your own company’s security posture,” Ani Chaudhuri, CEO with Dasera says in an email interview. ..
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