Attackers have been quick to jump on the generative AI bandwagon, using the new technology to increase both the volume and the complexity of their attacks. At the VMware Explore conference going on this week in Las Vegas, VMware announced the addition of a generative AI weapon to its own cybersecurity platform, vDefend. But, to start with, the tool will be available only in an advisory capacity and won’t be able to act autonomously.
The generative AI tool is called Project Cypress, and it was announced last year as a tech preview, says Umesh Mahajan, vice president and general manager for application networking and security at Broadcom, which completed its acquisition of VMware last November.
The tool has since been enhanced and is now part of the vDefend lateral security solution, Mahajan says, and it will be of interest to customers who have deployed VMware vDefend Advanced Threat Prevention.
