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In 2021, corporate big data leaders will be looking to improve data quality and turnaround of big data projects, as well as performance in meeting business objectives. Big data continues to enter corporate networks at torrential rates, with the amount of poor data that companies obtain or use costing the US economy an estimated $3.1 trillion annually.
Secure AI Labs announced the appointment of Omar Hussain to its Board of Directors. Secure AI Labs offers hospitals the digital rights management platform to maintain full ownership and control of their data when conducting research, federated machine learning, and other analysis.
Accenture has agreed to acquire End-to-End Analytics, a boutique analytics and data science consultancy based in Palo Alto, CA, with additional offices in Brazil. End-to-End Analytics' team of more than 70 professionals are highly skilled in the development of data and analytics strategy, and the application of optimization, machine learning and AI on a broad range of technology platforms.
NICE Actimize announced the latest version of its Integrated Fraud Management platform that delivers advanced detection capabilities powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. Providing a real-time response in detection and decisioning across some of the most extensive fraud coverage available on the market, NICE Actimize's IFM-X introduces new capabilities that support financial services firms' digital acceleration strategies with fraud management solutions for digital, real-time and open banking channels.
Wipro published a report which provides fresh insights on how AI will be leveraged as part of defender stratagems as more organizations lock horns with sophisticated cyberattacks and become more resilient. Nearly half the organizations are expanding cognitive detection capabilities to tackle unknown attacks in their Security Operations Center.
The United Kingdom has announced £16.5 billion of new defence spending, some of which has gone towards a newly revealed National Cyber Force and some earmarked to create a Space Command and agency dedicated to AI. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement to the house about the new spending revealed that the nation has already created the Cyber Force. Intelligence agency GCHQ has provided a little detail on the National Cyber Force's operations, saying it will provide unified operational command for personnel from the Ministry of Defence, GCHQ, the Secret Intelligence Service, and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
Now, just as legitimate businesses use AI to disrupt key sectors, hackers are using AI to automate their attacks, driving new efficiencies into their operations. Using AI to automate these attacks gives them a virtual digital army of attackers, all operating at computer speed.
CloudVector announced the availability of CloudVector Enterprise Edition, which enhances its pioneering API discovery capability with AI-enabled monitoring and security functionality. Key features of CloudVector Enterprise Edition AI-enabled approach to API protection - CloudVector applies machine learning and deep learning to automate the continuous discovery of all APIs, monitoring of anomalies, and security enforcement.
Cyemptive Technologies cautioned entities to recognize the limitations of relying solely on detection based Artificial Intelligence for cyber protection and outlines the first reliable solution to address these limitations and provide actual preemptive cyber-attack prevention. According to Cyemptive, most companies have serious cyber problems even when deploying AI and behavioral detection technologies.
"Its true cloud technology puts Eagle Eye in a unique position to instantly deploy new analytics breakthroughs. Dean Drako's track record, proven with Eagle Eye and previously as founder of Barracuda Networks, speaks for itself." Eagle Eye Networks Cloud VMS. The Eagle Eye Cloud Video Management System is a smart cloud video surveillance solution, purpose-built to help businesses improve safety, security, operations, and customer service while saving money.