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PALM HARBOR, Fla.- AI-based cyberattacks are redefining the cybersecurity landscape by finding scores of zero-day vulnerabilities and then quickly assembling attack chains for lightning-fast exploits at scale. Defending against these AI cyberattacks is a huge challenge, and even deciding where to start is difficult. If reactive cyber defense is now too slow, what proactive techniques…

Aarti Borkar leads strategy and technical execution to ensure that our customers are more secure and fully utilize the value of our products across Security, compliance, identity and management. Aarti also leads Microsoft’s Detection and Response team (DART), which provides holistic security incident response leadership and investigation for its customers, and helps customers become cyber-resilient.

The company’s latest report previews how AI is changing threat activity, including by automating ransomware attacks.

Power plants have become increasingly attractive targets for state-sponsored cyber attackers because disrupting electricity generation can create consequences far beyond a conventional data breach. A successful intrusion into a power-generation facility could disrupt operations, damage industrial equipment, compromise safety systems and potentially contribute to wider instability across the power grid.