Varonis Systems, the data security company, is expanding its AI and machine learning capabilities with the launch of Athena AI, a new generative AI layer that spans across the Varonis Data Security Platform.
According to an official release, Athena AI uses natural language to enable companies to conduct in-depth investigations and analysis more efficiently.
“Generative AI has changed the game in many ways for productivity and creativity, but also for risk. With gen AI, attackers are faster, stealthier, and can more easily find what they want — your sensitive data. But as defenders, we can use gen AI as a force multiplier for better risk mitigation and faster response,” wrote Avia Navickas, VP – Product & Customer marketing at Varonis, in her recent blog post.
Athena AI initially provides two generative AI capabilities:
AI SOC analyst: Athena AI’s insights and actions help security teams get to the root cause of an alert, resolve incidents, and proactively harden the environment. Athena AI combines large language models (LLMs) with Varonis’ context about your organization’s data, identities, devices, and previous alerts to instantly generate tailored alert response playbooks.
Natural language search: Athena AI enables users of all experience levels to see and reduce their blast radius with Varonis. Teams can use natural language to get fast and accurate answers to questions such as, “Do we have any files containing passwords that are open to the internet?” or “Which users have accessed our payroll files this week?”
“Varonis is in a unique position. The metadata they collect and analyze is proving to be invaluable for AI and automation,” said Ed Amoroso, CEO and Founder of TAG Cyber. “Now they’re using generative AI to empower their customers to solve data security problems even faster.”
The new capabilities will be delivered as part of Varonis’ cloud-native Data Security Platform subscription.
