Reclaiming Defender's Advantage in Cybersecurity

Posted: February 17th, 2017

By Shehzad Merchant

Shehzad Merchant serves as Chief Technology Officer of Gigamon bringing over 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. Prior to joining Gigamon, Merchant served as the CTO at Extreme Networks, and is the author of several networking and communications patents. Prior to Extreme Networks, he was the co-founder and VP of Products at Polytime Systems, following on from various senior architectural and research roles at Allied Telesyn, Nevis Networks and SRI.

The cybersecurity industry, much like other sectors, is dealing with an influx of data. In response, security experts hope to harness the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to effectively and efficiently augment their ability to detect, predict, and contain threats to their networks. The Cipher Brief spoke with Shezhad Merchant, the Chief Technology Officer of Gigamon, about where the cybersecurity industry currently stands, and what role machine learning and artificial intelligence can play in enhancing the industry’s capabilities to defend sensitive networks against a progressively complex and numerous pool of malicious actors.

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