{"id":53356,"date":"2023-08-23T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3705056\/versa-enhances-sase-package-with-ai-based-security-tools.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-08-23T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:00:00","slug":"versa-enhances-sase-package-with-ai-based-security-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/versa-enhances-sase-package-with-ai-based-security-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Versa enhances SASE package with AI-based security tools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Versa is bolstering the AI security management features of its integrated Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) package to include improved malware detection for Advanced Threat Protection, network microsegmention and generative AI protection to help customers better detect and quickly mitigate threats to their networked service and applications.<\/p>\n

The vendor supports AI in its integrated Versa SASE package<\/a> that includes SD WAN, a next-generation and web application firewall, intrusion prevention, zero trust support and data loss prevention.<\/p>\n

The Versa SASE platform works by integrating telemetry data from a variety of Versa networking product including its WAN Edge, Cloud, Campus, remote locations, users and devices \u2013 into a unified data lake. VersaAI then taps into this data lake to extract AI\/ML insights.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur advantage lies in our ability to train and correlate data across extensive unified security and networking telemetry,\u201d said Kumar Mehta, Founder and Chief Development Officer of Versa Networks in a statement. \u201cWith our vast SASE deployment base, the telemetry data is leveraged to fine tune Large Language Models (LLMs) to bolster security in real time with a high degree of accuracy and automation, and optimize network operations and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that end the company is adding AI\/ML-Enhanced Malware Detection for Advanced Threat Protection to its SASE package.  The idea is to set up what Versa calls multi-stage AI\/ML that will look at traffic in real time for files and code snippets to identify malware.<\/p>\n

In addition, Versa AI can now use the platform\u2019s User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) support to assess user behavior and then isolate potential threats into microsegments in real-time. Potential threats are identified closest to the host, limiting the blast radius for a possible attack within the enterprise perimeter, the vendor stated.<\/p>\n