The New Era of Cognitive Security IBM WATSON SUMMIT KANOKSAK RATCHAPAT Senior Technical Sales 1
Today s security challenges ACTORS TARGETS VECTORS REALITY Organized Crime Healthcare Ransomware Cloud, mobile, IoT Malicious Insiders Manufacturing Phishing, Exploit Kits Compliance Nation States Hacktivists Government Financials Stealthy Malware Denial of Service Human error Skills gap 2
Today s attacks require a strategic security approach Yesterday s Attacks Indiscriminate malware, spam and DDoS activity Today s Attacks Advanced, persistent, organized, politically or financially motivated Tactical Approach Compliance-driven, reactionary Build multiple perimeters Protect all systems Use signature-based methods Periodically scan for known threats Shut down systems Strategic Approach Intelligent, orchestrated, automated Assume constant compromise Prioritize high-risk assets Use behavioral-based methods Continuously monitor activity Gather, preserve, retrace evidence It takes power and precision to stop adversaries and unknown threats 3
The next era of security PERIMETER CONTROLS INTELLIGENCE and INTEGRATION COGNITIVE, CLOUD, and COLLABORATION 4
Evolving to Cognitive Scale and magnify human cognition by leveraging automation Human-centric communications Natural language sources and processing Continuous machine learning Evidence-based reasoning Technique Advanced visualizations Interactive vulnerability analysis, risk assessment, remediation, possible attribution Textual descriptions of past and current security breaches Integrated vulnerability data per application and OS version Deep learning and ensemble weighting techniques Continuous extraction of features and patterns Provide evidence Spot flawed logic Outcome Ease the task of the security analyst Consolidate threat intelligence Context in real time Improve threat analyst decision-making Enable analysts to weigh possible alternative outcomes Improve human reasoning 5
Most security knowledge is untapped Traditional Security Data Security events and alerts Logs and configuration data User and network activity Threat and vulnerability feeds Human Generated Knowledge A universe of security knowledge dark to your defenses Threat intelligence Webpages Research documents Wikis Industry publications News sources Forensic information Wikis Conference presentations Newsletters Analyst reports Tweets Blogs 6
Cognitive systems bridge this gap and unlock a new partnership between security analysts and their technology Human Expertise Common sense Abstraction Morals Compassion Dilemmas Generalization SECURITY ANALYSTS Security Analytics Cognitive Security Data correlation Unstructured analysis Pattern identification Natural language Anomaly detection Question and answer Prioritization Machine learning Data visualization Workflow SECURITY ANALYTICS COGNITIVE SECURITY Bias elimination Tradeoff analytics 7
A day in the life of investigating threats Time consuming threat analysis 1 HOUR Gets caught up on the latest security news through bulletins and social networks in order to identify new threats 3 HOURS Repeatedly investigates potential security incidents via online sources 4 HOURS Manually copies and pastes information from disparate and siloed tools to correlate data Rafael Security Analyst All this mundane time spent, yet STILL SO MANY FALSE POSITIVES! 8
What I need is to feel human again. I need help from an experienced and trusted security advisor. 9
Introducing IBM Watson for cyber security Unlock new possibilities. The world s first Cognitive analytics solution using core Watson technology to help analysts understand, reason, and learn about security topics and threats. 10
Watson for cyber security will significantly reduce threat research and response time Manual threat analysis Incident Triage Investigation and Impact Assessment Remediation Days to Weeks IBM Watson for cyber security assisted threat analysis Incident Triage Investigation and Impact Assessment Remediation Minutes to Hours Quick and accurate analysis of security threats, saving precious time and resources 11
With the help of Watson, Rafael can become more proactive Quick and accurate analysis of security threats, saving precious time and resources Faster investigations Clear backlog easier Increased investigative skills Heavy lifting done beforehand Rafael Security Analyst Less time on the mundane, more time being human! 12
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