IBM Security is giving its cloud-based cognitive technology Watson a new assignment: cybersecurity.
The new Watson for Cyber Security is now in training at IBM to study the nuances of security research findings in order to more effectively discover patterns and hidden cyberattacks.
IBM’s X-Force research library will be a central part of the materials fed to Watson for Cyber Security. That information includes 20 years of security research, details on 8 million spam and phishing attacks, and over 100,000 documented vulnerabilities. As part of a year-long research project, IBM this fall will work with eight leading universities and their students to further train Watson on the language of cybersecurity.