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Channel Post MEA
04-08-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Arctic Wolf And Databricks Integrate To Scale AI-Driven SOC
Arctic Wolf has announced a partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, to further scale and support the rapid growth of the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform. By integrating the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform into the Aurora Platform data pipeline, Arctic Wolf is enhancing its ability to process massive volumes of security telemetry in real time and deliver fast scalable security outcomes across its global customer base. Modern security operations are fundamentally a data challenge. As organizations adopt more security tools and cloud applications, security teams face an exponential increase in telemetry across all attack surfaces. The volume, diversity, and speed of this data make it difficult to detect threats, respond quickly, and reduce risk with confidence. Without a platform designed to operate at this scale, even well-resourced teams can become overwhelmed and miss critical attacks. Arctic Wolf is addressing this challenge by building one of the most scalable, open, and high-performing platforms in cybersecurity. The Aurora Platform ingests and processes more than eight trillion security observations each week and over 300 petabytes of data annually. With the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform now deeply integrated in its foundation, Arctic Wolf can accelerate how it unifies telemetry from endpoints, cloud applications, identity systems, firewalls, and other data sources into a single, high-throughput environment. This deep integration between the two companies' technologies will fuel the rapid evolution of the Aurora Platform and enable Arctic Wolf's AI-powered Security Operations Center to deliver enhanced threat detection and response to its rapidly growing global customer community of more than 10,000 customers worldwide. This data-driven foundation also amplifies the power of Alpha AI, Arctic Wolf's industry-leading portfolio of predictive and generative AI technologies purpose-built for security operations. Informed by over 10 million hours of real-world human SOC experience, compounded over the last decade, and continuously improved using one of the industry's largest and most diverse sets of security telemetry, Alpha AI reduces alert fatigue, accelerates investigation workflows, and ensures customers can prioritize the threats most relevant to their environments. 'Modern cybersecurity is a data scale problem. The volume, variety, and velocity of telemetry demand a platform that can turn complexity and noise into clear outcomes,' said Dan Schiappa, President, Technology and Services, Arctic Wolf. 'Partnering with Databricks gives us the scalable foundation to action one of the industry's most diverse security datasets for faster and better threat protection for our customers. It enables us to grow the Aurora Platform, expand our AI-powered SOC, and deliver faster, more reliable protection for our customers.' 'Running security operations at scale demands a data architecture optimized for performance, agility, and real-time insights. Arctic Wolf is a leader in this space, having pioneered a unified approach to security operations through a single, integrated platform,' said Omar Khawaja, Databricks Field CISO, VP Security. 'By integrating the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform with Arctic Wolf's Aurora Platform, we're enabling them to fully harness the power of their security telemetry, driving faster, smarter decisions across one of the world's largest commercial Security Operations Centers.' By leveraging the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform's secure lakehouse architecture, Arctic Wolf ensures that all security telemetry is unified, governed, and protected with enterprise-grade security controls and compliance certifications. This foundation not only accelerates real-time threat detection and response but also empowers Arctic Wolf to continuously innovate with open, extensible integrations and advanced AI-driven analytics. The partnership enables Arctic Wolf to deliver on its mission to end cyber risk, providing customers with the confidence that their data is protected and their security operations are future-ready.
Techday NZ
31-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Arctic Wolf & Databricks partner to scale real-time security data
Arctic Wolf has announced a partnership with Databricks to scale its Aurora Platform by integrating Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform to enhance real-time security data processing and strengthen its service offerings. The Aurora Platform is recognised for its capability to ingest and process substantial volumes of security telemetry. Arctic Wolf reports that the platform manages more than eight trillion security observations each week and over 300 petabytes of data each year. With the new integration, Arctic Wolf aims to unify data streams from endpoints, cloud applications, identity systems, firewalls, and other sources into a singular, high-throughput environment. Data growth As security environments evolve, organisations continue to deploy additional security tools and cloud systems, leading to increasing volumes and types of telemetry. This expansion, combined with the pace at which data arrives, presents a significant challenge for security teams tasked with identifying and responding to threats promptly. Arctic Wolf has contended that even well-resourced teams can become overwhelmed by these growing datasets without an appropriate technology platform operating at the necessary scale. The Aurora Platform's integration with Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform is intended to address this challenge by accelerating the unification and analysis of these diverse telemetry sources. Enhanced operations "Modern cybersecurity is a data scale problem. The volume, variety, and velocity of telemetry demand a platform that can turn complexity and noise into clear outcomes," said Dan Schiappa, President, Technology and Services, Arctic Wolf. "Partnering with Databricks gives us the scalable foundation to action one of the industry's most diverse security datasets for faster and better threat protection for our customers. It enables us to grow the Aurora Platform, expand our AI-powered SOC, and deliver faster, more reliable protection for our customers." The partnership supports Arctic Wolf in delivering security intelligence to over 10,000 customers globally. The Aurora Platform's architecture makes use of Databricks' AI-driven data infrastructure to enable the company and its partners to scale local security offerings and strive for improved customer outcomes. AI-driven intelligence In addition to the platform integration, Arctic Wolf's Alpha AI suite continues to drive the company's efforts in predictive and generative AI applications in security operations. According to Arctic Wolf, Alpha AI draws on over 10 million hours of Security Operations Centre (SOC) experience accumulated over a decade, and is continually refined by a wide and varied range of security telemetry. Alpha AI is designed to reduce the number of unnecessary alerts, speed up investigation workflows, and help customers focus on the most relevant threats. These features are integrated as part of the ongoing development in the Aurora Platform, which benefits from the new data capabilities powered by Databricks. Unified and protected data "Running security operations at scale demands a data architecture optimised for performance, agility, and real-time insights. Arctic Wolf is a leader in this space, having pioneered a unified approach to security operations through a single, integrated platform," said Omar Khawaja, Databricks Field CISO, VP Security. "By integrating the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform with Arctic Wolf's Aurora Platform, we're enabling them to fully harness the power of their security telemetry, driving faster, smarter decisions across one of the world's largest commercial Security Operations Centres." The companies have highlighted the use of Databricks Data Intelligence Platform's lakehouse architecture, which is said to support the secure collection, governance, and protection of security telemetry. This approach is intended to bolster Arctic Wolf's security controls and support compliance requirements across its customer base. By building on this foundation, Arctic Wolf believes it can support real-time threat detection, enable open integrations, and provide advanced, AI-driven analytics. Follow us on: Share on:
Techday NZ
21-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
ANZ organisations focus on IP & data as cyber threats surge
Arctic Wolf has released its 2025 Trends Report showing that IP, data, and privacy protection have become the top cybersecurity priorities for organisations in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) amid tightening regulations and an uptick in ransomware attacks. According to the report, which is based on a survey of over 1,200 senior IT and cybersecurity decision-makers across 15 countries, security leaders and decision-makers in ANZ are responding to a shifting risk environment by prioritising the protection of intellectual property, as well as privacy and data. The survey found that 45% of respondents in ANZ identified intellectual property, data, and privacy protection as the primary drivers shaping their security strategy over the next year. This contrasts with global findings, where the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) was the top driver for security leaders, including in North America (48%) and Europe (43%). The report highlights that 85% of ANZ respondents experienced a cyberattack in the last 12 months, which is higher than the global average of 76%. ANZ organisations are also 9% more likely than the global average to experience a significant cyberattack. Victim organisations in ANZ demonstrate a higher likelihood to pay ransom demands compared to the global average. The findings indicate that 74% of ANZ respondents paid ransoms to prevent the release of stolen data, compared to 50% globally. Among all respondents hit by ransomware demands, 83% of those in ANZ paid, similar to the global average (76%). Of those local respondents, 91% engaged professional ransomware negotiators, resulting in reduced payment sums in 44% of cases. Mark Thomas, Director of Security Services, ANZ at Arctic Wolf, commented on these trends, saying, "The 2025 Trends Report shows that security leaders in Australia and New Zealand are facing a different bottom line. Here, organisations are grappling with a unique set of challenges spurred on by stringent regulatory and compliance frameworks and an uptick of ransomware attacks. It's no surprise that the key drivers for security strategies reflect the broader business trends we're seeing in region." He added, "With Australia tightening its mandatory ransomware reporting payment requirements and sanctions introduced under the Cyber Security Act, we may see the 83% of organisations willing to pay ransoms reassess their approach to dealing with demands, even with the help of a negotiator." The regulatory landscape in Australia is set to change further with new ransomware reporting requirements and privacy laws, bringing increased compliance scrutiny to local businesses. This evolving environment demands that executives and IT decision-makers carefully consider business-critical priorities while adapting to emerging risks and regulatory obligations. Dan Schiappa, President, Technology and Services at Arctic Wolf, shared his perspective, stating, "Arctic Wolf's 2025 Trends Report offers a telling snapshot of how security leaders are thinking. AI's rapid emergence is creating new uncertainty, not only in how attackers operate but also in how defenders must respond. At the same time, ransomware remains a persistent and costly threat. As organisations race to implement AI-powered tools, it is critical they also do not lose sight of core security fundamentals like patching vulnerabilities, implementing detection and response, and maintaining a current incident response plan." The report also notes that, in addition to compliance pressures, challenges for ANZ organisations include limited visibility into cyber risks, outdated incident response plans, and ongoing budget constraints. As small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with a turnover of under AUD $3 million consider how new reporting obligations might affect them, industry participants are debating whether such requirements will act as a deterrent for attackers or could inadvertently increase risk by making SMBs more attractive targets. With these findings, the Arctic Wolf 2025 Trends Report provides insight into the factors shaping cybersecurity investment and strategy decisions among organisations in ANZ in the context of a fast-changing threat and regulatory environment.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Arctic Wolf 2025 Trends Report Reveals AI is Now the Leading Cybersecurity Concern for Security and IT Leaders
AI surpasses ransomware as the top concern, as organizations navigate the double-edged sword of innovation and risk. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arctic Wolf®, a global leader in security operations, today published findings from its State of Cybersecurity: 2025 Trends Report, offering insights from a global survey of more than 1,200 senior IT and cybersecurity decision-makers across 15 countries. Conducted by Sapio Research, the report captures the realities, risks, and readiness strategies shaping the modern security landscape. The research reveals a shifting risk environment, with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) emerging as the top concern for security leaders. For the first time, AI, including tools such as LLMs, has overtaken ransomware as the most pressing issue. While organizations are making substantial cybersecurity investments, the report also highlights persistent challenges including limited visibility, outdated incident response plans, and budget pressures. Key findings from the report include: AI Surpasses Ransomware as the Top Concern: 29% of security leaders cited AI, LLMs, and privacy issues as their number one concern, surpassing ransomware, malware, and data extortion (21%). Breaches are Common and Transparency is Improving: 52% of respondents confirmed a breach in the past year (up from 48%), with 97% of known breaches disclosed. This indicates progress in regulatory compliance and incident transparency. Significant Attacks Remain Widespread: 70% of organizations experienced at least one significant cyber attack in 2024, with malware and business email compromise being the most common. Professional Ransomware Negotiators Reduce Payouts: Among those hit by ransomware, 76% paid. Of those, 90% engaged a professional negotiator, which led to reduced payments in more than half of the cases. Endpoint Tools Are Widely Deployed but Visibility Lags: While 84% use next-generation endpoint security solutions, only 40% say they have 100% coverage and expect to maintain it. 'Arctic Wolf's 2025 Trends Report offers a telling snapshot of how security leaders are thinking,' said Dan Schiappa, president, Technology and Services, Arctic Wolf. 'AI's rapid emergence is creating new uncertainty, not only in how attackers operate but also in how defenders must respond. At the same time, ransomware remains a persistent and costly threat. As organizations race to implement AI-powered tools, it is critical they also do not lose sight of core security fundamentals like patching vulnerabilities, implementing detection and response, and maintaining a current incident response plan.' For additional insights from Arctic Wolf's State of Cybersecurity: 2025 Trends Report, visit Additional Resources: Join the conversation with Arctic Wolf on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube Visit to learn more about our security operations and endpoint solutions If you're ready to get started, request a demo, get a quote, or conduct a Security Operations Maturity Assessment Want to join Arctic Wolf's Partner Program? Apply today About Arctic WolfArctic Wolf® is a global leader in security operations, delivering the first cloud-native security operations platform to end cyber risk. Built on open XDR architecture, the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform operates at a massive scale and combines the power of artificial intelligence with world-class security experts to provide 24×7 monitoring, detection, response, and risk management. We make security work! To learn more about Arctic Wolf, visit Press Contact:Lauren BackPR@ © 2025 Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Arctic Wolf, Aurora, Alpha AI, Arctic Wolf Security Operations Cloud, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Arctic Wolf Managed Risk, Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness, Arctic Wolf Incident Response, and Arctic Wolf Concierge Security Team are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.
Techday NZ
29-04-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Arctic Wolf & Anthropic to develop autonomous AI cyber SOCs
Arctic Wolf has announced a strategic research and development collaboration with Anthropic to advance safe, scalable, and autonomous security operations. This partnership brings together Arctic Wolf's expertise in security operations with Anthropic's AI research capabilities, focusing on the development of next-generation autonomous Security Operations Centres (SOCs). The collaboration leverages the human augmented AI capabilities of the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform alongside Anthropic's advanced AI models and knowledge in creating safe and interpretable AI systems. The Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform is designed on an open Extended Detection and Response (XDR) architecture. It processes over 8 trillion security events weekly, covering endpoints, networks, cloud environments, and identity, while integrating with hundreds of third-party tools. The platform aims to provide real-time visibility across enterprises. Arctic Wolf states that, with a global customer base exceeding 10,000 organisations and a significant operational data lake, it has established a strong foundation for cyber security operations. The partnership is intended to enhance automation within Arctic Wolf's AI-powered SOC. By combining Arctic Wolf's extensive datasets and operational knowledge with Anthropic's large language model (LLM) technologies, the companies plan to improve threat detection precision, accelerate response times, and reinforce cyber resilience in response to the increasing sophistication and volume of cyber threats. The first product resulting from this collaboration is Cipher, an AI security assistant developed to assist customers in obtaining deeper insights from the Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform. According to Arctic Wolf, Cipher is designed to meet high standards of safety, privacy, and performance, reflecting the two companies' collective efforts towards safer and more autonomous SOC operations. Dan Schiappa, President, Technology and Services at Arctic Wolf, said, "To keep up with the speed and complexity of today's cyber threats, the Autonomous SOC is no longer aspirational, it's essential. Anthropic brings world-class AI research and a deep commitment to building safe, high-performing systems. When paired with the scale of Arctic Wolf's threat data, the openness of our platform, and the operational depth of our global SOC, we have everything needed to redefine what security operations can be." Michael Gerstenhaber, Vice President of Product at Anthropic, commented, "As model capabilities increase, access to expert, domain-specific data remains the bottleneck in highly complex jobs like cyber operations. We're proud to support Arctic Wolf's development of Cipher and excited to see how it empowers security teams with instant, reliable access to the intelligence they need to conduct their operations." By uniting Arctic Wolf's operational data and experience with Anthropic's AI modelling expertise, both organisations intend to deliver incrementally improved security automation and advanced decision-making capabilities for enterprise security teams. With the introduction of Cipher, the collaboration aims to equip security teams with tools that increase the speed, accuracy, and intelligence of their operations.
