Illumio Inc. has revealed a new addition to its AI-driven cloud detection and response (CDR) solution, Illumio Insights, called the Insights Agent.
This innovative feature is engineered to address alert fatigue and enhance threat detection efficiency by providing real-time, tailored alerts and one-click remediation suggestions. By helping security teams maintain focus, the Insights Agent aims to prevent threats from escalating uncontrollably.
Real-time discovery and containment
Andrew Rubin, CEO and Founder of Illumio, underscores the challenge faced by security teams: an overwhelming number of alerts hamper effectiveness. “Security teams are overwhelmed by noise, and we don’t need more useless alerts; we need more actionable answers,” Rubin stated.
The Insights Agent offers a personalised risk assessment tailored to individual roles, delivering practical, real-time strategies for threat discovery and containment.
Enhanced threat detection and role-specific guidance
Insights Agent provides role-specific threat detection and actionable advice, aligned with the user’s duties.
Expanding on Illumio Insights' capabilities, the Insights Agent provides role-specific threat detection and actionable advice, aligned with the user’s responsibilities — whether as a threat hunter, incident responder, or compliance analyst.
It automatically assesses the severity of threats, highlighting the most pertinent issues for each user to streamline decision-making and containment actions.
According to the Global Cloud Detection and Response Report, teams are inundated with over 2,000 alerts daily, equating to one alert every 42 seconds, underscoring the necessity of quick triage.
Advanced traffic and risk visibility
Insights Agent employs the sophisticated features of Illumio Insights, which are powered by an AI security graph.
This infrastructure processes large-scale network data to offer unprecedented real-time visibility into traffic and risks, laying the groundwork for effective threat containment at remarkable speed and accuracy.
Spotlight features of Insights Agent
The Insights Agent introduces several key innovations:
- Persona-Based AI Guidance: Users receive insights that are specific to their selected roles, such as threat hunter or compliance monitor.
- In-Depth Investigative Analysis: The system delivers AI-driven assessments of workloads and policies, with priority recommendations based on severity.
- Accelerated Threat Detection: Continuous monitoring of communication flows ensures anomalies are promptly identified.
- AI-Driven Response Plan: Users are guided through a prioritised remediation process with automated steps, ensuring swift issue resolution.
- MITRE ATT&CK Mapping: The Agent correlates threats with MITRE ATT&CK techniques, aiding users in understanding attack strategies and managing alert overload.
- One-Click Containment: Integration with Illumio Segmentation allows for swift isolation of compromised areas without the need for host agents.
Availability and deployment
The Insights Agent is currently available in public preview as a component of Illumio Insights and can be accessed by Microsoft users through the Microsoft Security Store.
Full availability is anticipated by December. Microsoft implements both Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation across its entire corporate IT landscape.
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