Enterprise security is undergoing a transformative shift as AI and large language models redefine the boundaries of threat detection and prevention.

Umesh Mahajan of Broadcom talks with theCUBE during VMware Explore 2024.

“Along comes generative AI, and with these large language models, suddenly we can model a much bigger model over there, and we can look at all these behavioral attacks,” Mahajan said.

Mahajan spoke with theCUBE Research’s Dave Vellante at VMware Explore, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed AI enterprise security and the role of AI in threat detection and prevention. (* Disclosure below.)

Broadcom’s AI enterprise security copilots

These days, we haven’t seen exactly the same attacks as before, according to Mahajan. But now, it’s possible to model them better.

“We can reduce the number of threat alerts. If we generate 500 alerts for the SOC analyst, he or she may not be able to keep up with them,” he said. “But if we just give them five or 10, give them the context, ‘Hey, this is the threat campaign that’s happening along these alerts,’ then they can ask the copilot.”

The company currently has two copilots in the security area, according to Mahajan. One is with advanced security, through the SOC analyst.

“That’s the one which is going to reduce the alerts and will give you the context and let you figure out how you should prevent the attacks from happening,” he said.

The other copilot is for the security operator. They may be asking how to deploy micro-segmentation or how to deploy IDS IPS, according to Mahajan.

“Instead of reading all our documentation and watching all our YouTube videos, they can ask the chatbox,” he said.

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of VMware Explore:

(* Disclosure: VMware by Broadcom sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither VMware nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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