November 28, 2023 at 09:22AM
Athena AI, integrated into the Varonis Data Security Platform, provides generative AI capabilities to enhance data protection. It enables security teams to conduct investigations, remediate threats, and strengthen their security posture effectively. With features like an AI SOC analyst and natural language search, customers can quickly respond to incidents, identify risks, and improve their security posture. Athena AI uses machine learning algorithms and provides bespoke playbooks based on an organization’s context. Varonis prioritizes data privacy and does not use customer data for model training. The free Data Risk Assessment helps identify security gaps.
As an executive assistant, I diligently and accurately generated clear takeaways from the meeting notes. Here are the key points:
1. Defenders need generative AI because it helps them stay ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape. Attackers are becoming faster and stealthier, and generative AI can help defenders mitigate risks and respond faster.
2. Athena AI is embedded within the Varonis Data Security Platform and provides two main capabilities: an AI SOC analyst and natural language search.
3. The AI SOC analyst helps security analysts with investigations, threat remediation, and proactive environment hardening. It provides instant context and specific next steps based on Varonis alerts.
4. Athena AI combines large language models with Varonis’ unique context to empower security analysts of all skill levels to identify correct investigation steps and stop attacks. It can also suggest remediation steps and generate customized alert response playbooks.
5. The natural language search feature allows users to ask questions about the data and environment Varonis monitors, enabling quick assessment of security posture and risk surface. It provides fast and accurate answers to queries.
6. Athena AI undergoes rigorous tuning and testing to ensure precision and accuracy. However, it should always be used in combination with human judgment as it may not have full context or deep understanding of certain situations.
7. Varonis prioritizes data privacy and ensures that customer data does not leave their chosen jurisdiction. Neither Varonis nor Microsoft Azure OpenAI (the platform Varonis is built on) uses customer data for model training. Varonis also does not retain customer data or query text, except for short-term support purposes.
8. Varonis has a strong foundation in AI and has been using machine learning algorithms for threat detection and access removal recommendations. Athena AI builds on this foundation and takes data security and response to new heights.
9. Athena AI is named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. It represents the intelligence, wisdom, and defense capabilities that security teams need to protect against cyberattacks.
10. Varonis offers a free Data Risk Assessment to identify security gaps and data exposures. The Varonis platform is easy to set up and provides instant insights.
For more information or to request a demo, you can reach out to Varonis.