Once available with the next release of vDefend, likely in February or March 2025, installation of Intelligent Assist will be fast, with approved infosec staff ready to use it in a day, Broadcom said.

Initially, the tool based on Google Gemini will be free, but with limits on the number of queries or chats. There will be an option to pay for unlimited access. Those who choose to use their own genAI model face no extra charge.

  “Being a threat hunter or threat analyst in the security operations center today is one of the most stressful jobs for a variety of reasons,” Rajagpalan said. “First, it’s very hard to find experienced cybersecurity professionals who can do threat investigation, so teams are always unskilled. Second is, the CISOs I talk to say [to us], ‘Do whatever you can to help our SOC team,’ because they’re just drowning under a flood of events, alerts and so on. We think with this Intelligent Assist we can dramatically reduce the volume of threats and alerts they have to handle. Also, they don’t have to become familiar with every type of malware or ransomware out there. That’s what the tool is for — they can look it up. Number three is how do I [a CISO] mitigate it [the problem], and this solution will help the security team.