Q&A: TIAA's CIO touts top AI projects, details worker skills needed now

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a significant effect on businesses and organizations across a variety of industries, even as many businesses are still just kicking the tires on the technology.

Those that have fully adopted AI claim a 35% increase in innovation and a 33% increase in sustainability over the past three years, according to research firm IDC. Customer and employee retention has also been reported as improving by 32% after investing in AI.

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Microsoft Purview data security mitigations for BazaCall and other human-operated data exfiltration attacks

Credit to Author: Steve Vandenberg| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Defender is our toolset for prevention and mitigation of data exfiltration and ransomware attacks. Microsoft Purview data security offers important mitigations as well and should be used as part of a defense-in-depth strategy.

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Boost identity protection with Axiad Cloud and Microsoft Entra ID

Credit to Author: Karen Larson| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000

As IT environments become more complex and multilayered to combat cybersecurity attacks, authentication processes for applications, operating systems, and workplace locations are increasingly managed in silos. Axiad Cloud and Microsoft Entra ID help to strengthen security perimeters by provisioning and managing phishing-resistant, passwordless credentials.

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Adopting guidance from the US National Cybersecurity Strategy to secure the Internet of Things

Credit to Author: David Weston| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft is invested in helping partners create Internet of Things solutions with strong security products that support the March 2023 United States National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Microsoft AI Red Team building future of safer AI

Credit to Author: Ram Shankar Siva Kumar| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:00:00 +0000

We’re sharing best practices from our team so others can benefit from Microsoft’s learnings. These best practices can help security teams proactively hunt for failures in AI systems, define a defense-in-depth approach, and create a plan to evolve and grow your security posture as generative AI systems evolve.

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