Vectra AI is set to showcase its groundbreaking AI-powered detection and response platform for hybrid networks at GITEX 2023. As a leading force in AI-driven cyberthreat detection and response, the company is gearing up to introduce a revolutionary cybersecurity solution designed specifically for the modern hybrid environment.
Taj El-khayat, Area VP, EMEA South, at Vectra AI, highlighted the pressing need for cyber leaders to fortify their defenses against the ever-evolving hybrid threat landscape. These leaders aspire to modernize their security operations with AI but often face challenges justifying the associated budgets for a complete overhaul. Nevertheless, they recognize that staying ahead or at least keeping pace with adversaries is crucial to preventing major cyber incidents.
In response to these concerns, Vectra has developed the industry’s inaugural AI-driven, fully integrated hybrid attack detection and response platform. This platform offers Extended Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities for hybrid attacks, delivering rapid and scalable defense. Central to the Vectra AI Platform is its patented Attack Signal Intelligence™, providing enterprises with the integrated signals necessary to optimize their XDR investments.
At GITEX 2023, Vectra will demonstrate how its flagship platform can tackle what El-khayat terms the “spiral of more.” This refers to the escalating attack surface, increased sophistication in attack methods, growing toolsets, rule complexity, and the resulting security analyst burnout.
The Vectra AI platform empowers organizations to merge Vectra AI’s signals from public cloud, identity, SaaS, and network sources with existing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) signals. This equips SOC teams to combat the ever-growing complexity, speed, and scale of hybrid attacks effectively. The integrated signal from the Vectra AI Platform covers over 90% of MITRE ATT&CK techniques, incorporating patented MITRE D3FEND countermeasures. Additionally, it combines AI-driven behavior-based detection, signatures, and threat intelligence to offer the most accurate real-time representation of active attacks. It can track an attack’s progression, including lateral movements within data centers and across cloud environments.
Vectra’s patented AI technology automates threat detection and triage, facilitating more efficient prioritization of actions, reducing dead-end investigations, and bolstering team morale. The Patented Privileged Access Analytics (PAA) feature scrutinizes accounts highly sought after by attackers. The AI, through understanding the unique protected environment, distinguishes between malicious and legitimate behaviors, reducing alert noise. The platform offers the Respond UX Analyst for security professionals of all skill levels to conduct effective investigations. Furthermore, the Advanced Investigation feature enables forensic analysis of Azure AD, Microsoft 365, or AWS Control Plane logs directly within the platform’s user interface. The AI-Assisted Investigation leverages large language models (LLMs) to provide analysts with an accessible means of gathering comprehensive context on entities under attack.
Vectra’s GITEX exhibition will feature demo pods showcasing various aspects of the new AI platform, including Cloud Detection and Response, Identity Detection and Response, Network Detection and Response, Managed Detection and Response, Investigation and Threat Hunting, and Respond UX Powered by AWS.
El-khayat emphasized that traditional approaches to threat detection and response leave organizations vulnerable. He stressed that integrated signal technology is the way forward in safeguarding the increasingly hybrid IT environment. Vectra aims to convey this crucial message to both public and private sector entities in the region at GITEX, aiming to engage in meaningful conversations with current and potential customers about their cybersecurity challenges and demonstrating how AI can be a powerful ally for building a security function capable of rapid and scalable responses to attackers.
