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Sophos announces four new open Artificial Intelligence developments and its team of SophosAI data scientists are catalysing this change towards openness , so that IT managers , security analysts , CFOs , CEOs and others making security buying or management decisions can discuss and assess AI benefits from a level and well-informed playing field . ophos , a global leader
S in next-generation cybersecurity , has announced four new open Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) developments to help broaden and sharpen the industry ’ s defences against cyberattacks , including datasets , tools and methodologies designed to advance industry collaboration and cumulative innovation . This move accelerates a key Sophos objective to open its data science breakthroughs and make the use of AI in cybersecurity more transparent , all with the aim of better protecting organisations against all forms of cybercrime .
While it is common practice to share AI methodologies and findings in other industries , cybersecurity has lagged in this effort , creating a noisy understanding of how AI truly provides protection against cyberthreats . Sophos
“ With SophosAI ’ s new initiative to open its research , we can help influence how AI is positioned and discussed in cybersecurity moving forward . Today ’ s cacophony of opaque or guarded claims about the capabilities or efficacy of AI in solutions makes it difficult to impossible for buyers to understand or validate these claims . This leads to buyer scepticism , creating headwinds to future progress at the very moment we ’ re starting to see great breakthroughs ,” said Joe Levy , Chief Technology Officer , Sophos .
THE UK ’ S NORTHERN TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IS LEADING THE WAY IN TECH INNOVATION
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Northern Ireland , Scotland and Yorkshire & Humber are fast becoming new powerhouses for UK tech innovation .
An initiative from London Tech Week and UK Tech Cluster Group highlights the critical levelling-up taking place across the UK tech ecosystem , showing how these regions are playing an increasingly important role .
Leading global tech brands are choosing to set up in these areas , which are also now fertile breeding grounds for some of the very best startups and SMEs in the sector . The encouraging geographical shift is highlighted in the first four reports from the 12 Clusters of Tech initiative , which is definitively mapping the whole of UK tech . These reports are the first in a series of 12 , which will show key technology trends and provide an invaluable guide to every corner of Britain ’ s tech community . The reports show the rise of different types of tech across the regions . In the North East , AI and immersive tech are flourishing . In Northern Ireland , HealthTech and
FinTech are dominating and in Scotland cybersecurity and Mobility-as-a-Service are growing fast .
Recent research from GP Bullhound highlights that the fastest-growing northern tech companies are well distributed across the whole of the region – but particularly in the North West and Yorkshire . u www . intelligentciso . com
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