Federal Agencies Can Turn to New Detection Technologies
Current best practice in anti-malware strategy incorporates two key technologies: improved detection and stronger isolation.
Improved detection strategies for anti-malware are difficult to examine directly because the marketing and white papers surrounding them contain more than the usual level of buzzwords. No one’s trying to hide anything — there really are new advanced detection technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms in some of these products.
The issue with these new detection technologies, however, is that they all depend on malware evolving slowly along a clear and familiar path. To put it another way, there’s a saying, “Generals are always preparing to fight the last war.”
Even with new adaptive tools for anti-malware, IT managers need to acknowledge that all the latest and greatest ML and AI checkers may not catch a radically different type of malware. That doesn’t mean that ML, AI and other new ideas won’t help, but federal IT managers should consider these as only one part of a strategic overhaul for anti-malware.