technologyreseller.co.uk 27 BUSINESS BRIEFING Safeguarding the digital frontier while harnessing the power of AI: a deep dive into OpenText’s cybersecurity approach downright impossible to actually integrate them all in a way that works for the teams who need to keep the organisation safe, never mind the administrative burden of paying all the renewals and keeping on top of vendor upgrades. These are some of the reasons why consolidation under the trusted umbrellas of key vendors in the cybersecurity space can be advantageous. Not only does this help individual customers, but it can also benefit the channel as well, allowing for stronger, richer relationships with key vendors, and less retraining overhead due to vendor churn, or chasing the latest, greatest thing from startups. How is AI transforming the landscape of cybersecurity? AI and machine learning have been fundamental to cyber defence solutions for many years now, but recently we are seeing highly advanced, generative AI solutions becoming available for all. This has both positive and negative implications for the cyber threat landscape. Firstly, on the positive side, the work of cyber defenders can be made far less tedious, using automation to filter out or deal with much of the background noise of low-level automated scans and attacks, leaving skilled resources to focus their attention where it matters. Also, while human analysts can become tired or distracted, quality AI implementations can produce far more repeatable outcomes, and can also help to highlight when something has been missed. Anomaly detection is another hugely valuable capability of AI in the form of unsupervised machine learning, which is a great way of detecting malicious activities which have evaded proactive protection layers. Using such capabilities is key to finding the more advanced threat actors, or to detecting when a ransomware group are preparing data to exfiltrate from their target for example. Secondly, coming to look at the negative aspects, Generative AI has already been shown to help attackers to actually write malicious code, and we are now seeing tools specifically offered on the Dark Web to help with this, with names like WormGPT, FraudGPT and DarkBERT. These tools will rapidly become able assistants to cybercriminals, trained on the corpus of malicious knowledge lurking on the Dark Web, helping them to craft even more believable phishing lures, write better malicious code that is harder to detect, and evade detection. Can you provide some examples of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions by OpenText Cybersecurity? Opentext.ai describes OpenText’s approach to generative AI integration in its products. OpenText has matured and highly evolved ML and AI implementations across its portfolio, including: n BrightCloud: Threat Intelligence, Malware Detection & Web Classification n SecureAnywhere Anti-Virus: Malware Detection, Phishing Detection” Although the constant flow of acquisitions in the cybersecurity market can make it difficult to keep up with where to turn for certain solutions, overall the impact on the channel is a net positive, providing the opportunity to maintain a smaller number of higherquality relationships, while having greater reassurance that your channel partners and customers will be getting the quality of services and solutions which you need in order to uphold the trust they hold in you. Want more information on OpenText Cybersecurity Solutions? Contact a member of the Exertis Cybersecurity team today at [email protected] Exertis Cybersecurity joined forces with OpenText Cybersecurity to delve deep into the cybersecurity landscape, uncovering its dynamic interaction with AI. This exploration led to an insightful interview with Matt Aldridge CISSP, Principal Solutions Consultant at OpenText Cybersecurity, who spearheads EMEA's BrightCloud Threat Intelligence solutions consulting. This collaborative effort aims to integrate cutting-edge threat intelligence into cybersecurity solutions, fortifying customer protection to new heights. About OpenText Cybersecurity Grown through acquisition of trusted technologies including Carbonite and Webroot, OpenText Cybersecurity is unique in its breadth of cybersecurity product coverage, and the integrated simplicity with which it delivers cybersecurity solutions to the full spectrum of its partners and customers. Being The Information Company, OpenText focuses globally on bringing the Information Advantage to its customers, with smarter, simpler and more effective cybersecurity being a foundational pillar of this strategy. Now that you know a little bit more about OpenText Cybersecurity, let’s proceed with the interview! What are the benefits of Vendor Consolidation for Resellers and Organisations? IT-Harvest tracks over 3500 cybersecurity vendors, across 17 major categories, and a staggering 600+ sub-categories. It is simply impossible for anyone to have an understanding of all the solutions on offer today, which makes choosing the right solution very challenging for organisations. Not only that, but once an organisation has vendors on board and solutions in place, it can be extremely difficult or Navigating the consolidation of AI and Cybersecurity with OpenText Cybersecurity Matt Aldridge OpenText has matured and highly evolved ML and AI implementations across its portfolio
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