As we head into the holidays, we want to thank the cyber leaders and teams doing the hard work of defending critical assets every day.
We’re grateful for this community—and excited for the conversations, dinners, and thought-leadership moments ahead as we continue building a more resilient future, with humans at the helm.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT ANDESITE.
Alex, Thaman, Our Chief Technology Officer writes about the effects of AI on the cybersecurity stack.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is profoundly transforming cybersecurity, reimagining detection through remediation. While AI’s value across cybersecurity workflows has been inconsistent, recent breakthroughs in machine learning will significantly decrease organizational risk and become necessary in defense operations to keep up with constantly evolving threats. Modern AI technology requires less specialized data to build capabilities, making it accessible for enterprises of every size and creating a more competitive technology ecosystem.
We have seen AI technology go through four major transitions over the past few decades, all of which have made their way into the cybersecurity ecosystems.
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Andesite AI (Andesite) today announced the General Availability of the bionic Security Operations Center (SOC), its human-AI collaboration product empowering cyber defense teams. Additionally, Andesite revealed that it secured an additional $23 million in capital as a second tranche of seed funding from General Catalyst and Red Cell Partners. The investment brings Andesite’s total funding to $38.25 million and is the result of the company’s ahead-of-schedule achievement of technology, customer acquisition, and revenue milestones.
Former CIA Officers Brian Carbaugh (Andesite’s CEO and co-founder), Dawn Meyerriecks, and Michael Morell partner with MasterClass to teach declassified techniques on how to assess risk, strengthen relationships, and get ahead in life and business. Skills so good, they’ve been kept secret, until now.
What you’re about to read is not for civilians’ eyes. Until now. MasterClass has attained access to three of the CIA’s top former officers, who have been given authorization to share their real-life experiences and the valuable lessons they learned about leadership, critical thinking, and risk management. There’s a reason the CIA keeps its techniques a secret. You’re about to find out why.
MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Cell Partners and General Catalyst today announced the public launch of Andesite AI (“Andesite”), a cybersecurity company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology to overburdened cybersecurity teams.
By leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), Andesite analyzes decentralized data sets at scale to help cyber defenders and analysts more quickly surface threats and vulnerabilities, prioritize and allocate resources, and respond and remediate in a way that improves security posture and reduces cost.