Darktrace unveils the Cyber AI Analyst: a faster response to threats

The Darktrace Cyber AI Analyst is a new technology that emulates human thought processes to continuously investigate cyber threats at machine speed. With transformational implications for the security industry, early adopters of the Cyber AI Analyst reported a 92% reduction in the time required to investigate threats and provide conclusions to executives. This innovation is the culmination of over three years of research at the Darktrace R&D Centre in Cambridge, UK. Using various forms of machine learning, including unsupervised, supervised and deep learning, the technology learned human intuition and trade craft from more than 100 world-class cyber analysts across thousands of customer deployments. Mike Beck, global head of Threat Analysis at Darktrace, told Information Age: "This is the latest evolution of the Darktrace Cyber AI platform, which started with autonomous identification of threats in 2013 and moved to autonomously reacting to attacks in 2016. Today we are transforming the human factor in cyber security, with autonomous expert investigation."