IBM Watson AI: These firms are fighting cybercrime using cognitive computing

IBM Watson is set to take the fight to cybercrime. Fortune 500 companies across the globe are tackling cybercrime by deploying IBM Watson's cognitive computing power. Watson for Cyber Security, a project designed to take the fight to hackers, is a year-long research effort that initially was focused around universities but has been extended to various industries, including banking, healthcare, insurance, and automotive. Using artificial intelligence technologies, such as machine learning and natural language processing, to analyse vast amounts of structured and unstructured data, Watson is designed to help cybersecurity professionals identify threats. Marburg Hospital's Centre for the Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases is using the cognitive computing system to solve some of the most complex medical cases.