AI detects cyber attacks with accuracy after attending MIT

Researchers with MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have announced a breakthrough in cyber threat detection that promises to dramatically lower the amount of time human analysts spend sorting through information in search of evidence of cyber attacks. IT analysts spend countless hours scouring through mountains of data in order to find evidence of compromised systems. Often, the search for anomalies in data is so extensive, that overwhelmed human teams are forced to overlook potentially critical information for lack of time. That's where MIT's researchers believe they can help. In a world where most companies are under constant threat of cyber attack, having a system that never sleeps or takes a coffee break is a big help.