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The Problem with Relying on Log Data for Cybersecurity

By Christian Wiens | Jul 9, 2020

One of the most prevalent issues impacting the effectiveness of security teams who use SIEM as their primary means of threat detection and remediation is the fact that data logs are an attractive medium for modern hackers to exploit.

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The (Recent) History of Self-Supervised Learning

By Christian Wiens | Jul 7, 2020

Real unsupervised AI spots security issues sooner and predicts future behavior more accurately than older first- and second-wave solutions. Self-supervised AI technology draws on an understanding of the fundamental nature of the network where it lives, an understanding that isn’t possible with supervised-AI.

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Guide: The Next Generation SOC Tool Stack – The Convergence of SIEM, NDR and NTA

By Christian Wiens | Jun 30, 2020

Traditional security vendors offering solutions like SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) are overpromising on analytics while also requiring massive spend on basic log storage, incremental analytics, maintenance costs, and supporting resources.

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Redefining the Definition of “Baseline” in Cybersecurity

By Christian Wiens | Jun 25, 2020

While many security solution providers promise to protect your network by establishing a baseline of your network behavior, the definition of “baseline” can vary widely.

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MixMode CTO Responds to Self-Supervised AI Hopes

By Ana Mezic | Jun 23, 2020

Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio were recently interviewed by VentureBeat Magazine on the topics of self-supervised learning and human-level intelligence for AI. Our CTO Dr. Igor Mezic sat down with our team to discuss some of the most interesting pieces of the LeCun article, and offer a potential solution to a search for truly self-supervised […]

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Why Training Matters – And How Adversarial AI Takes Advantage of It

By Christian Wiens | Jun 18, 2020

The following is an excerpt from our recently published whitepaper, “Self-Supervised Learning – AI for Complex Network Security.” The author, Dr. Peter Stephenson, is a cybersecurity and digital forensics expert having practiced in the security, forensics and digital investigation fields for over 55 years.  Section 4 – Why Training Matters – And How The Adversary […]

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New Video: How is MixMode Different From Today’s Network Security Tools?

By Christian Wiens | Jun 16, 2020

With MixMode in the center of a program, we will make all the other security investments that you’ve made, better. So when you send data to your SIEM, when you send data to your SOAR, you don’t want those products to be overwhelmed with false positive alerts, with data you don’t need.

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Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Neural Networks, Oh My!

By Christian Wiens | Jun 11, 2020

Deep learning makes decisions based upon the data it sees and the data that it doesn’t see but infers from what it does see. This became useful in the AV industry when the adversary introduced polymorphic viruses. These are viruses that change their appearance on the fly and not always in the same way.

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4 Challenges of Stand-Alone SIEM Platforms

By Christian Wiens | Jun 9, 2020

While SIEM is undoubtedly a step up from unmonitored network environments, the inherent nature of today’s SIEM software often falls short in several important ways. SIEM is an outdated solution for adequately protecting networks within the modern threatscape.

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