Datadog launches AI-powered security analyst

Cloud application observability and security company Datadog has launched an AI-powered security analyst that promises to be able to reduce threat investigation time by up to 98%.

The Bits AI Security Analyst is part of Datadog’s Cloud SIEM platform. The company says it reduces investigations down to as little as 30 seconds. The virtual analyst is capable of autonomously investigating issues and flagging those needing human attention to reduce alert fatigue, and can identify and resolve threats and attacks across clouds, identities and electronic records, with built-in observability telemetry.

The platform is native to cloud security information and event management platforms, and can be deployed with up to thousands of integrations to provide robust coverage and enterprise-grade visibility, security and control.

Datadog VP of Security Products Tim Knudsen said traditional SIEMs are leaving enterprises increasingly exposed.

“[This is] because queues keep growing and investigations take longer to correlate and enrich context. On top of this, you have security talent shortages,” he said. “Datadog Cloud SIEM with Bits AI Security Analyst solves this problem by autonomously investigating alerts, and leveraging security and observability signals to deliver accurate, fully explained verdicts that dramatically reduce remediation times.”

Datadog Chief Product Officer Yanbing Li said one in four Fortune 500 companies are already using Datadog tools to help detect, prioritise and remediate threats and vulnerabilities.

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