#IMOS21: AI Analysts May Prove Key to Keeping Organizations Secure

Leveraging AI to undertake investigations of suspicious activities could significantly increase security teams' abilities to protect their organizations from cyber-attacks, according to Andrew Tsonchev, director of technology, Darktrace, speaking during the Infosecurity Magazine Online Summit EMEA 2021. The development of an'AI analyst' differs from the normal role of threat detection played by this type of technology in cybersecurity. In essence, it looks to "replicate the sort of steps taken by a human analyst in a SOC in a course of an investigation." Part of the driver for Darktrace's work in this area has been the extra pressure placed on security teams as a result of the changing working patterns in the past year. This has led to the growing use of remote endpoints as well as technologies such as SaaS and collaboration tools, expanding the threat landscape.