John Skinner of Vectra AI shares how cyber attackers are democratizing sophisticated attacks using dark web tools, and why AI-powered hybrid defense is now essential for enterprise security.Topics Include:Vectra AI: 13-year-old cybersecurity company founded as "AI native" from day oneBuilt on machine learning assumption while competitors treated AI as afterthoughtGenerative AI represents the latest evolution in their comprehensive AI journeyStarted pairing threat researchers with ML developers to codify attack behaviorsAdded agentic AI in 2018 for correlation across space and timeUses AWS Security Lake, GuardDuty, and recently became AWS Bedrock customerSuccess measured by reducing "dwell time" from initial attack to detectionAchieved 60% faster alerts, 51% faster monitoring, 50% faster investigation timesCustomers should evaluate vendor's data science quality and algorithm training yearsEvolved hybrid defense approach as attacks start anywhere, go everywhereAI handles high-volume correlation while humans focus on analytical decisionsFuture challenge: democratized cyber attacks using readily available dark web toolsParticipants:John Skinner – Vice President Corporate/Business Development, Vectra AIFurther Links:Vectra AI: Website – LinkedIn – AWS Marketplace - YouTubeSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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