Modernizing Enterprise Cybersecurity Through AI-Driven Threat Prevention in Distributed Cloud Environments
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https://doi.org/10.21590/Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Distributed Cloud, Threat Prevention, Anomaly Detection, Zero Trust, Threat Intelligence, Automated Response, Cloud Security, Cyber ResilienceAbstract
The rapid adoption of distributed cloud computing, hybrid infrastructures, multi-cloud architectures, edge services, and remote work has transformed enterprise information systems while substantially expanding the cybersecurity attack surface. Traditional security approaches based primarily on static rules, signatures, perimeter controls, and manual investigation are increasingly inadequate against sophisticated, rapidly changing, and distributed cyber threats. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), behavioral analytics, and automated response technologies provide opportunities to modernize enterprise cybersecurity by identifying abnormal activities, predicting emerging threats, prioritizing risks, and initiating preventive responses in near real time. This paper examines an AI-driven cybersecurity framework for distributed cloud environments, emphasizing proactive threat prevention rather than exclusively reactive incident detection. The study reviews existing research on cloud intrusion detection, AI-enabled anomaly detection, zero-trust security, threat intelligence, federated learning, and automated security operations. A qualitative research methodology based on systematic literature analysis and comparative evaluation is proposed to assess AI-driven prevention mechanisms. The paper identifies significant advantages, including scalability, faster detection, continuous monitoring, adaptive defense, and reduced security-operations workload. It also examines limitations involving data quality, adversarial attacks, explainability, privacy, computational costs, false positives, regulatory compliance, and dependence on high-quality telemetry. The study concludes that AI should complement rather than replace human cybersecurity expertise and conventional security controls.
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