Back in 2024, we unveiled the incorporation of Generative AI functionalities in the Sophos Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platform, empowering security analysts to function securely and make swift decisions.
Today, we are thrilled to expand these capabilities with the release of the Sophos AI Assistant.
Expertly Designed for All
Formulated and implemented by the professionals at Sophos for your internal team, the Sophos AI Assistant assists security experts of all proficiency levels through each phase of a case examination, optimizing productivity to swiftly identify and counteract threats.
Feature presentation: Unveiling the Sophos AI Assistant
The Sophos AI Assistant simplifies the process for all users — from IT generalists to Tier 3 SOC analysts — to access the necessary information for advancing threat investigations and promptly mitigating risks.
- Execute a broad spectrum of SecOps activities: Determine affected entities, verify URL reputation, scrutinize suspicious and intricate commands, enrich data with the newest threat intelligence, among others.
- Quicken investigations with easily grasped insights: The AI Assistant offers concise explanations and condensed information to aid in contextual comprehension — and suggests subsequent actions.
- Access essential data swiftly, sans complex SQLFormulate inquiries using everyday language or employ predetermined prompts supplied by Sophos’ threat detection and response specialists.
- Develop comprehensive case reports: Interact with stakeholders using clear, focused reports that recapitulate investigations, underline issues, and delineate protective measures.
SecOps Proficiency Transferred to Your Team
Our personnel are the core of our AI-backed cybersecurity solutions. The Sophos AI Assistant isn’t merely another AI tool — it represents the expertise derived from the team responsible for the foremost Managed Detection and Response service globally, condensed into an intelligent agent.
- Designed in collaboration with Sophos’ frontline security analysts, empowering your internal team to leverage real-world workflows and the expertise of Sophos MDR professionals.
- Engineered by the Sophos AI team who apply their extensive AI knowledge to create, construct, and sustain over 50 AI models tailored to cybersecurity. Our rigorous developmental procedures — following secure-by-design principles — enable you to utilize Sophos AI confidently.
- Routinely updated to align with the evolving threat landscape, ensuring access to the latest investigation methodologies and contemporary threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops, our cross-functional cybersecurity response team.
Showcase: Witness the new Sophos AI Assistant in action in this real-world scenario from start to finish
AI Geared Towards Results
Since 2017, we’ve been enhancing cybersecurity with AI, embedding deep learning and GenAI capabilities across Sophos products and services via the largest AI-native platform in the sector. We’re skilled in delivering tangible results. While other suppliers concentrate on the AI technology per se, we emphasize the advantages and security effects it can provide.
Our robust, proven AI-powered solutions make a substantial impact by swiftly neutralizing threats and enabling analysts to make savvy decisions. In addition to the new Sophos AI Assistant, GenAI capabilities in Sophos XDR empower your security team to thwart adversaries rapidly, boosting both analyst and corporate confidence:
- AI Case Summary proffers a lucid overview of detections, aiding analysts in making quick decisions.
- AI Command Analysis obtains insights into attacker behaviors by assessing commands that generate detections.
- AI Search utilizes natural language search to expedite day-to-day duties and reduce the technological barrier to security operations.
Sophos’ GenAI features are bundled with Sophos XDR subscriptions and can be utilized on an opt-in basis, granting full control over their usage.
Enhance Your Cybersecurity Capabilities with GenAI Today
To delve into how GenAI capabilities in Sophos XDR can assist your organization in better defending against active adversaries, consult with a Sophos consultant or your Sophos partner.
Already utilizing Sophos XDR? Learn more regarding the GenAI features at your disposal and how to activate them on the Sophos Community.
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