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Varonis introduces Athena AI, a transformative generative AI layer that enhances data security and incident response with quick and precise solutions.
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- Varonis introduces Athena AI to transform data security and incident response
- Athena AI is a generative AI layer that spans across the entire Varonis Data Security Platform
- Athena AI provides two powerful generative AI capabilities: an AI SOC analyst and natural language search
- The AI SOC analyst provides instant context and specific next steps for investigating alerts and remediating threats
- Natural language search allows users to ask questions about the data and environment monitored by Varonis
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Varonis introduces Athena AI, an integrated generative AI layer that transforms data security and incident response with fast, accurate answers.
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Varonis introduces Athena AI, a generative AI layer integrated into their Data Security Platform. Athena AI provides an AI SOC analyst for investigations, threat remediation, and proactive environment hardening. It also offers natural language search for assessing security posture and risk surface. Varonis prioritizes data privacy and users can disable AI features. Athena AI aims to transform data security and incident response by providing instant context, specific next steps, and fast and accurate answers.
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Varonis has unveiled Athena AI, a generative AI layer integrated into the Varonis Data Security Platform. Athena AI offers two primary generative AI capabilities: an AI SOC analyst and natural language search. The AI SOC analyst equips security analysts with an intelligent AI that specializes in investigations, threat remediation, and proactive environment hardening. It provides immediate context and specific next steps for addressing vulnerabilities. By combining large language models with Varonis' context about an organization's data, identities, devices, and previous alerts, Athena AI enables even novice security analysts to identify correct investigation steps and remediation measures. Additionally, Athena AI offers natural language search, allowing users to ask questions about monitored data and environment to assess security posture and risk surface. Varonis prioritizes data privacy and customers can disable AI features at any time. The introduction of Athena AI aims to transform data security and incident response by providing instant context, specific next steps, and fast and accurate answers to strengthen organizations' security posture.
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Varonis has introduced Athena AI, a generative AI layer embedded within the Varonis Data Security Platform. Athena AI offers two main generative AI capabilities: an AI SOC analyst and natural language search. The AI SOC analyst provides security analysts with an intelligent AI that specializes in investigations, threat remediation, and proactive environment hardening. It offers instant context and specific next steps when investigating an alert, helping security teams quickly address vulnerabilities.
Athena AI combines large language models with Varonis' context about an organization's data, identities, devices, and previous alerts. It empowers even inexperienced security analysts to quickly identify correct investigation steps and remediation measures using tools like EDRs, SIEMs, and firewalls. The playbooks generated by Athena AI are customized to each organization and align with security best practices.
In addition to the AI SOC analyst, Athena AI offers natural language search capabilities. Users can ask questions about the monitored data and environment to assess their security posture and risk surface. This feature enables quick and accurate answers for anyone from the CISO to compliance teams, helping address risks that may have taken hours or days to uncover.
Athena AI undergoes rigorous testing for high-quality recommendations. However, human judgment should be used alongside it as it may lack full context or deep understanding of certain situations. Varonis prioritizes data privacy, ensuring customer data remains within the chosen jurisdiction. Textual data or query text is not retained except for short-term support purposes, and customers can disable AI features at any time.
Varonis has a history of using AI to deliver security outcomes to customers. Athena AI builds on their platform's success and automation, named after the Greek goddess Athena who represents wisdom, war, and good counsel. Athena embodies the qualities needed by security teams to defend against cyberattacks.
Overall, Varonis' introduction of Athena AI aims to transform data security and incident response. The AI SOC analyst and natural language search features provide instant context, specific next steps, and fast and accurate answers to help organizations protect their data and strengthen their security posture.
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Varonis has introduced Athena AI, a generative AI layer that aims to transform data security and incident response. Athena AI is embedded within the Varonis Data Security Platform and offers two main generative AI capabilities: an AI SOC analyst and natural language search. The AI SOC analyst provides security analysts with an intelligent AI that specializes in performing investigations, remediating threats, and proactively hardening environments. It offers instant context and specific next steps when investigating an alert, helping security teams quickly rectify vulnerabilities and strengthen their environment.
Athena AI combines large language models with Varonis' unique context about an organization's data, identities, devices, and previous alerts. It empowers even inexperienced security analysts to quickly identify correct investigation steps to confirm the attack and its impact. Athena AI can also help identify remediation steps to stop the attack using tools such as EDRs, SIEMs, and firewalls. The playbooks generated by Athena AI are customized to each organization and align with security best practices. These remediation steps not only assist in responding to incidents but also proactively closing security gaps and improving security posture.
In addition to the AI SOC analyst, Athena AI offers natural language search capabilities. Users can ask questions about the data and environment monitored by Varonis to quickly assess their security posture and risk surface. This feature allows anyone from the CISO to compliance teams to get fast and accurate answers about their organization's security. With this level of visibility, organizations can address risks that may have taken hours or days to uncover, if at all.
Athena AI undergoes rigorous tuning and testing to ensure high-quality recommendations. However, it should always be used in combination with human judgment as it may not have the full context or deep understanding of a certain situation. Varonis takes data privacy seriously and ensures that customer data does not leave the chosen jurisdiction. Varonis also does not retain textual data or query text except for short-term support purposes, and customers can choose to disable AI features at any time.
Varonis has a long history of using AI to deliver security outcomes to customers. The new generative AI layer of Athena AI builds on the success of Varonis' platform and automation. The name Athena AI was chosen to represent the goddess of wisdom, war, and good counsel in Greek mythology. Athena embodies everything security teams need to defend against cyberattacks and will aid defenders in their work.
Overall, Varonis' introduction of Athena AI aims to transform data security and incident response by providing powerful generative AI capabilities. The AI SOC analyst and natural language search features offer instant context, specific next steps, and fast and accurate answers to help organizations protect their data and strengthen their security posture.