Cybersecurity gets its own model family as defenders look to close the AI gap
Frontier AI has reset the balance of power in security, and so far the advantage has run one way. Attackers can pick up general-purpose models at will, even though no one built them for defenders, pushing the industry toward purpose-built systems trained on security data rather than the open web.
That shift is now taking shape as a partnership between CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Nvidia Corp, with autonomous red teaming making its debut alongside a defensive counterpart and the harness that runs them. The result is a model family aimed squarely at security operations, according to Daniel Bernard (pictured, right), chief business officer of CrowdStrike.
“Frontier models have done a fantastic job bringing AI innovation to the market at large. It’s really benefited the adversary,” Bernard said. “It’s time for the defenders to have something, and it’s time for security to have its own model. It turned into a set of models, a model family, and that’s where SafeMind was born.”
Bernard and Justin Boitano (left), vice president and general manager of enterprise computing at Nvidia Corp., spoke with theCUBE’s Dave Vellante at Fal.Con, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. (* Disclosure below.)
