India, Oct. 23 -- Artificial intelligence is changing the cybersecurity landscape by lowering the skills needed to launch attacks and reducing the time between a vulnerability becoming public and being exploited. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are particularly exposed when basic security measures are neglected.

Attila Torok, CISO at GoTo, highlights three areas that need attention: identity security, faster patching and secure remote access.

"Cybersecurity shouldn't be a separate project. It has to be built into everyday IT operations, with the assumption that a breach will eventually happen, so companies will be prepared."

Torok says attackers are increasingly targeting user identities and accounts. Businesses need multi-fac...