Latest news with #GreyMatterAgenticTeammates
CNBC
10-08-2025
- Business
- CNBC
AI agents are being drafted into the cyber defense forces of corporations
The rise of generative AI and large language models has drastically shifted the cybersecurity landscape, empowering attackers with easy-to-use tools that can create realistic video and voice deepfakes, personalized phishing campaigns, and malware and malicious code. That has opened the door for AI on the defense as well. As agentic AI becomes more deeply embedded in the enterprise in areas like finance and legal, cybersecurity AI agents are on the rise, too, becoming a key asset for detection, analysis, and alerts. "It's a massive challenge to detect, contain, investigate and respond across larger companies," said Brian Murphy, CEO of cybersecurity technology company ReliaQuest. "AI is allowing us to remove a lot of that noise, that tier one or tier two work, that work that's often not at all relevant to something that could be threatening to an organization," Murphy said. Putting a tool in the hands of human workers that can automate otherwise menial tasks or time-consuming ones, freeing them to do more important work, has often been the pitch for agentic AI. In a message shared with Amazon employees in June, CEO Andy Jassy said "We have strong conviction that AI agents will change how we all work and live," adding that he sees a future with "billions of these agents, across every company and in every imaginable field," helping workers "focus less on rote work and more on thinking strategically" while also making "our jobs even more exciting and fun than they are today." Murphy shares a similar view across cybersecurity, where he sees an industry of workers who are inundated with work they likely shouldn't be spending time on, causing more burnout and exacerbating the existing issue of a lack of available talent. He's also seen the way AI is being wielded to attack companies. "Those phishing emails, they used to look almost laughable with the misspellings and the fonts wrong," he said. "AI can take the average bad actor and make them better, and so the trick is if you're on the defensive side, they have to use AI because of the reality of what AI can do." ReliaQuest recently released what it calls GreyMatter Agentic Teammates, autonomous, role-based AI agents that can be used to take on tasks that detection engineers or threat intelligence researchers would otherwise accomplish on a security operations team. "Think of it as this persona that teams up with a human, and the human is prompting that agentic AI, so the human knows what to do," Murphy said, adding that it's like having a "teammate that takes that incident response analyst and multiplies their capability." Murphy gave an example that is a frequent occurrence for any security team at a global company: international executive travel. Every time a laptop or cell phone is connected to a network in, say, China, the security operations team would be alerted, and the security team would have to verify that the executive is abroad and is securely using their device each day of that trip. With an agentic AI teammate, that security person could automate that task, or even set up a series of similar processes for board meetings, off-sites, or other large team gatherings. "There's hundreds of things like that," he said. Justin Dellaportas, chief information and security officer at communications technology company Syniverse, said that while AI agents have been able to automate some of those basic cybersecurity tasks like combing through logs, it's also starting to be able to automate actions, like quarantining flagged emails and removing them from inboxes, or restricting access by a comprised account across a variety of logins. "[AI] is being used by criminals to efficiently find vulnerabilities and exploits into organizations at scale, and all of that is resulting in them having a higher success rate, getting initial access sooner and moving laterally into an organization quicker than we've seen," he said. "Cyber defenders really need to lean into this technology now more than ever to stay ahead of this evolving threat landscape and the pace of cyber criminals." Dellaportas said that while every company has a unique risk profile and tolerance when it comes to deploying different types of cybersecurity tools, he views the adoption of agentic AI in cybersecurity as stages of a "crawl, walk, run methodology." "You roll this out, and it's going to reason and then take action, but then it's got to iterate through the actions that it's previously taken," he said. "I come back to a kind of trust but verify, and then as we get confidence in its effectiveness, we'll move on to different problems." While Dellaportas said AI agents can take over some tasks from human cybersecurity professionals in the future, he still sees the technology as an augmentation to make workers more effective, not as a replacement. Murphy agrees, and said he does not see agentic AI taking the place of actual cybersecurity workers, but helping with tasks where automation is the better option while also addressing the skills gap that many organizations struggle with when filling cybersecurity roles. "There may be a shortage of trained and skilled cybersecurity professionals, but there's no shortage of people who would like to be trained and skilled at cybersecurity," he said. "The reason that knowledge transfer takes so long in cyber is that when you get your entry-level job, it's equivalent to working on a help desk." Murphy said he understands that there is still plenty of education needed when it comes to deploying agentic AI in any part of a business, as well as concerns about how decisions are made by AI. Dellaportas said what has helped is the fact that agentic AI is being used by all types of business lines, so discussions of how these AI tools can help accomplish objectives are not new ones. AI agents are catching on inside companies. A May 2025 poll of 147 CIOs and IT function leaders by Gartner found that 24% had already deployed a few AI agents, with more than 50% of those AI agents working across functions like IT, HR and accounting, compared to just 23% of external customer facing functions. Avivah Litan, a distinguished vice president analyst on Gartner's AI strategy team, said that in the cybersecurity space, companies experimenting with agentic AI are finding it "moderately beneficial," but there remain some questions as to the ability of these tools to scale beyond simpler tasks. "Security has always been the low-hanging fruit use case for AI," Litan said. "You first saw AI show up with fraud detection, so it's 100% that we're going to have digital security assistance in the future doing work and freeing up staff to take on the new attacks; the key will be making sure they stay up with all this innovation so they can see the whole attack surface." Murphy believes that corporate adoption and evolution of agentic AI in cybersecurity may occur even more quickly than in finance or legal. "They absolutely understand AI is being used against them, and the only way to defend that is to use it in their own defense," he said.
Techday NZ
30-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
ReliaQuest unveils AI teammates to boost predictive security
ReliaQuest has announced the launch of GreyMatter Agentic Teammates, a set of autonomous, role-based artificial intelligence agents designed to scale security operations teams and enhance predictive security measures. GreyMatter Agentic Teammates build on the capabilities of ReliaQuest's existing GreyMatter platform, which enables customers to detect and contain cyber threats within minutes. These new AI agents are designed to assume specific roles found within security operations teams, such as Threat Intelligence Researchers, Detection Engineers and Threat Hunters. According to ReliaQuest, this approach significantly reduces routine manual tasks and enables teams to focus on higher-value activities that protect business interests and anticipate new threats. AI-powered roles ReliaQuest stated that GreyMatter Agentic Teammates were developed based on more than 15 years of experience working alongside enterprise security teams and integrating with a wide array of security technologies. These AI agents operate on the GreyMatter platform, which, using its native Agentic AI, can already perform threat investigations 75% faster than traditional methods and achieve a 99.4% accuracy rating on malicious activity. The introduction of role-specific Agentic Teammates is intended to allow security teams to deploy highly specialised virtual assistance instantly, with no additional ramp-up time or steep learning curve. The agents run continuously, without the fatigue or availability constraints that affect human staff, and are designed to integrate with customers' existing security tools and workflows. "Security is a team sport," said ReliaQuest Founder and CEO Brian Murphy. "GreyMatter Agentic Teammates make security experts exponential, eliminating the noise and the monotonous routine work that is below their skill level and freeing them up to get more predictive – training for the future, researching to stay ahead of threats and advising the business." Agentic Teammates are designed to collaborate both with each other and with human professionals. For instance, if a security lead wants up-to-date information on threats relevant to their sector, they can instruct the Threat Intel Teammate to conduct wide-reaching research across open, deep and dark web sources and threat feeds. Should a new threat be discovered, this information can be immediately propagated to other Agentic Teammates. The Threat Hunter Teammate can then rapidly determine if the threat has ever affected the organisation, and the Detection Teammate can implement new defensive measures and automated responses to mitigate risk. All findings are delivered promptly to the security team to inform business guidance. User perspectives Justin Dellaportas, Chief Information Security Officer at Syniverse, commented on how the shift to AI-powered teammates impacts his organisation's security objectives. "This is a game-changer for the cybersecurity industry," said Justin Dellaportas, CISO at Syniverse. "We can now free up our talented cyber professionals from repetitive tasks, like log analysis, so they can focus on work that propels Syniverse forward. Agentic AI and the new GreyMatter Agentic Teammates will level up our teams to allow them to think ahead, not just react." Towards predictive security ReliaQuest believes these developments enable security operations to move from reactive to predictive modes. With the aid of these autonomous AI-based roles, security teams are expected to have improved capabilities for modelling risks, understanding organisational vulnerabilities, and planning long-term defence strategies. GreyMatter Agentic Teammates work autonomously and are continually available, supporting organisations in managing increasing security demands without significantly expanding human resource requirements. The GreyMatter platform, according to ReliaQuest, connects telemetry from cloud, multi-cloud and on-premises environments, helping organisations detect, contain, investigate, and respond to threats quickly and efficiently. The company says this technology eliminates the need for routine Tier 1 and Tier 2 security operations tasks and customises outcomes to suit diverse industry needs and technical infrastructures.
Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
ReliaQuest Announces Industry's First Role-Based Agentic AI Teammates to Exponentially Scale Security Operations
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ReliaQuest, the leader in agentic AI security operations, today announced the launch of GreyMatter Agentic Teammates, the industry's first autonomous, role-based AI Agents that exponentially scale security operations teams–giving them back hours of valuable time to focus on what matters most to their business and stay ahead of threats. Developed leveraging ReliaQuest's 15+ years of expertise, working with enterprise security teams across hundreds of diverse technologies, GreyMatter Agentic Teammates represent specific roles of a Security Operations team, such as Threat Intelligence Researchers, Detection Engineers and Threat Hunters. Combined with GreyMatter's native Agentic AI that already performs investigations 75% faster than traditional methods with 99.4% accuracy rating on malicious activity, these Agentic Teammates work together to exponentially extend the capabilities of security operations teams. This allows security teams to move toward predictive security. No longer simply reacting to threats, security teams will have the ability to anticipate what's coming, understand where their organizations are most vulnerable, conduct risk-modeling, and build long-term resilience. 'Security is a team sport,' said ReliaQuest Founder and CEO Brian Murphy. 'GreyMatter Agentic Teammates make security experts exponential, eliminating the noise and the monotonous routine work that is below their skill level and freeing them up to get more predictive – training for the future, researching to stay ahead of threats and advising the business.' ReliaQuest's role-specific Agentic Teammates allow security operations teams to scale overnight, with no learning curve. They work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They never burn out and never miss a shift. They operate autonomously across the GreyMatter platform, working with customers' existing tools, teams and workflows. GreyMatter Agentic Teammates continuously collaborate with each other and their human teammates. For example, when a security leader wants to understand the latest threats impacting their organization and industry, they can ask the Threat Intel Teammate to perform research across the open, deep, and dark web and all available threat feeds. If the Threat Intel Teammate uncovers an emerging threat, it shares this information simultaneously with its Agentic Teammates. The Threat Hunter Teammate then discovers within seconds whether that threat has ever impacted their environment, while the Detection Teammate creates and deploys new rules and automated response plays to protect the organization against incoming attacks. Within minutes, the Agentic Teammates report back to human teammates with all the information needed to advise the business. 'This is a game-changer for the cybersecurity industry,' said Justin Dellaportas, CISO at Syniverse. "We can now free up our talented cyber professionals from repetitive tasks, like log analysis, so they can focus on work that propels Syniverse forward. Agentic AI and the new GreyMatter Agentic Teammates will level up our teams to allow them to think ahead, not just react." About ReliaQuest ReliaQuest exists to Make Security Possible. Our Agentic AI security operations platform, GreyMatter, allows security teams to detect threats at the source, contain, investigate and respond in less than 5 minutes – eliminating Tier 1 and Tier 2 security operations work. GreyMatter uses our Universal Translator, detection-at-source, and Agentic AI to seamlessly connect telemetry from across cloud, multi-cloud and on-premises technologies. ReliaQuest is the only cybersecurity technology company that delivers outcomes specific to each organization's unique architecture, technology and business needs. With over 1,000 customers and 1,200 teammates across six global operating centers, ReliaQuest Makes Security Possible for the most trusted enterprise brands in the world. Learn more at
