The rise of intelligent endpoint security: How AI is changing the game

By Harishankar Kannan, CEO, Scalefusion

Endpoints are the new front lines in cybersecurity. With employees using laptops, smartphones, tablets, and more to connect to their work from anywhere, productivity is increasing. But organisations are now more exposed than ever to a constant flow of threats, such as ransomware, phishing attacks, or zero-day exploits. These threats are not picky, they will go after the weak link, usually at the endpoint. 

Traditional tools, like signature-based antivirus and simple firewalls, did their job, but they’re not enough anymore. Attackers move faster, think smarter, and adapt quickly. Intelligent endpoint security, powered by AI, shifts the advantage back to defenders.

This is not simply attractive technology for its own sake, rather it is about creating defences that predict, automate and scale based on risk and business need. The AI will convert static tools into dynamic systems that learn, expand and defend ...