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… take meaningful steps to address it,” Levin said. “This report and the ongoing work of the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center are only small, but necessary steps in a much longer journey.”

Darktrace Unleashes AI Response Modules

AI cyberdefense company Darktrace has unveiled its new Antigena AI Response modules that stop email and cloud attacks in real time.

Expanding beyond network response, the new modules include cloud (AWS and Azure), email (Office 365) and SaaS applications. Whether faced with a social engineering campaign, compromised cloud credentials, or account hijacking, Antigena is designed to respond and neutralize the attack in seconds.

Darktrace’s Justin Fier

Justin Fier, Darktrace’s director of threat intelligence and analytics, tells us for Darktrace partners and resellers, these new modules represent an opportunity to tackle previously unaddressed concerns among their clients and companies.

“Email attacks, including spear-phishing, spoofing and supply chain attacks, remain one of the major ways cybercriminals gain access to businesses,” he said. “As companies migrate to the cloud and work with an increasing range of SaaS applications, new vulnerabilities will emerge and increasingly be exploited by attackers. These AI response modules were developed in part due to conversations with customers and partners who mentioned there was a need in the market for this type of contextually driven, intelligent response technology.”

Darktrace claims to be the only company on the market that offers AI cyber response technology, proven across thousands of customers.

“Whereas other organizations rely on automating a defined playbook, Darktrace AI is capable of intelligent, proportionate responses to fast-moving threats,” he said. “Faced with an industrywide cybersecurity skills shortage and machine-speed attacks, Darktrace’s ability to respond in seconds and buy back time for security teams is a true game-changer. These new modules, by extending the cyber AI response capabilities beyond network to cloud, email and SaaS, are only further extending the competitive advantage of our cyber AI response.”