IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system continues its path to become part of a full-fledged cybersecurity service by announcing 40 customers have begun beta testing the technology as an enterprise protection tool. Watson has recruited enterprises from auto, banking and insurance realms to help research and develop new security applications that will use the systems natural language and machine learning techniques. The idea behind the Watson for Cybersecurity project is to help automate IT security duties like analyzing the tons of alerts generated daily by security operations. Watson can also improve identifying suspicious behavior and help provide better guidance to whether an activity is malicious.”]
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