AI threat detection cycle must move at insane lightspeed 15 minute clip, top cyber experts say

To have even a chance of mitigating catastrophic artificial intelligence (AI)- based hacking of a business or government agency, cyber defenders need to identify such attacks within 15 minutes, Trellix Chief Technology Officer Mo Cashman said on Tuesday.Speaking at the Cyber Security conference at Tel Aviv University, Cashman stated that there is an accelerated four-stage timeline for preventing the worst effects of high-speed AI cyber attackers.The observe or threat identification stage would need to take place within 15 minutes, the orientation stage within two hours, the decision stage within four hours, and the action stage within four to 72 hours, depending on the nature of the threat.The orientation stage involves better understanding the nature and implications of the threat after the identification stage identifies an abnormality or threat.Next, the decision stage determines what response or actions are needed to fix or mitigate the harm, and the action stage implements the solutions designed to end or subdue the attack's effects.PHP vulnerabilities highlight urgent need for faster cyberattack responsesTrellix discussed the need to greatly accelerate response times to hacks and vulnerabilities found by AI reviews of systems, following the disclosure of the PHP programming vulnerabilities.In late October, the cybersecurity world and governments globally panicked over the PHP programming vulnerability, saying it left potentially 70% of the internet hackable until it was patched.Cashman…