McAfee expands machine learning, automation capabilities and threat hunting report

McAfee has announced several new innovations that expand machine learning and automation capabilities to strengthen human-machine teams.

Also, McAfee announces support of OpenDXL.com, a new, independent collaboration portal that offers forums, free apps and more, giving OpenDXL users easy access to ideas and resources available for application integrations.

The key highlights include:

• New McAfee Advanced Threat Defense machine learning now fortifies threat detection for sandboxing
• New patented automation for McAfee® Enterprise Security Manager SIEM technology delivers unmatched insight into threat exposure
• New McAfee Cloud Threat Detection and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange integration enables in-depth analysis
• New OpenDXL.com, an independent community website, launches to facilitate the use of open source integrations
• McAfee Security Innovation Alliance welcomes 12 new members

McAfee has also announced the release of Disrupting the Disruptors, Art or Science?, a new report investigating the role of cyberthreat hunting and the evolution of the security operations center (SOC). Per the survey, companies are investing in and gaining different levels of results from both tools and structured processes as they integrate “threat hunting” activities into the core security operations center. (Attached is the same)

The key highlights include:

• Survey outlines state of security operations center and threat investigations
• 71 percent of advanced SOCs use human-machine teaming to close cybersecurity investigations in one week or less
• Successful cybersecurity teams are three times as likely to automate threat investigation. Thus, they devote 50 percent more time to actual threat hunting.