2012 Advancement in Artificial Intelligence: A Game Changer to the Unknown Malware challenge

Session Abstract:

During this session we will discuss how Artificial Intelligence is able to detect sophisticated unknown malware which goes undetected using traditional machine learning. 2015 Intel Security report identified the unknown malware challenge correlated to 1 million net new pieces of malware in the wild, every single day, roughly 42 net new pieces of malware in the wild every hour. Early 2016 reports indicate these numbers have doubled. The sophistication of the unknown malware problem now includes malware that is being developed using traditional machine learning. During this session we will share the advancements in Artificial Intelligence, discovered in 2012 via a University Toronto research team, funded by the Canadian Federal government. These advancements to the Artificial Intelligence community have resulted in an artificial brains decision making capability that surpasses the human error rate, regardless of its application: Facial Recognition, Voice Recognition, Content, Cyber.

Takeaways

What were the 2012 advancement in Artificial Intelligence & its value to the unknown malware challenge

How can these AI advancements augment current defensive infrastructure

The future of AI & its applicability to the malware challenge

Bio:

Holly Whalen, CPA is an ex-auditor who has become an industry leader within the enterprise endpoint security landscape. Ms. Whalen has been an advisor with numerous startup companies & financial investors across many different innovative spectrums including Artificial Intelligence. Recently Ms. Whalen accepted a General Management role to lead the North American Go-to-Market with Deep Instinct, an Israel based Artificial Intelligence focused endpoint solution suite.

Comodo is a global innovator & developer of cybersecurity solutions, founded on the belief that every digital transaction requires a layer of trust & security. Through Comodos digital certificate leadership, IT management solutions & advanced endpoint security technology, enterprises rely on Comodo to authenticate, validate & secure their IT environments.

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