NVIDIA says Cybersecurity teams will be made up of humans and AI agents

AI Agents will be used to not only analyze data but 'reason and act on it,' and it's going to change the way we approach cybersecurity.

NVIDIA says Cybersecurity teams will be made up of humans and AI agents
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TL;DR: NVIDIA’s Agentic AI advances beyond chatbots by autonomously solving complex problems with sophisticated reasoning, revolutionizing cybersecurity through faster threat detection and response. Integrated with human experts, it reduces workforce burnout while ensuring data security via tools like NeMo Guardrails and Confidential Computing for scalable, secure AI-powered solutions.

NVIDIA describes Agentic AI or AI Agents as the next step beyond AI chatbots powered by generative AI. AI agents use "sophisticated reasoning and iterative planning to autonomously solve complex, multi-step problems." This sort of AI will revolutionize the customer service market, healthcare, software development, and cybersecurity.

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When it comes to cybersecurity, Agentic AI will reportedly work alongside cybersecurity experts to play an essential role in threat detection, response, and overall security. NVIDIA notes that this will help free up cybersecurity teams to focus on high-impact decisions and reduce workforce burnout as cybersecurity threats to businesses, individuals, and governments continue to ramp up year-over-year.

"AI agents can cut the time needed to respond to software security vulnerabilities by investigating the risk of a new common vulnerability or exposure in just seconds," NVIDIA's David Reber Jr. explains. "They can search external resources, evaluate environments, and summarize and prioritize findings so human analysts can take swift, informed action."

And the transition to a hybrid system of human experts and Agentic AI is already happening, with cybersecurity firms like CrowdStrike and Trend Micro using NVIDIA AI software for faster detection using fewer resources.

Naturally, the use of Agentic AI raises many questions or concerns about the technology, as these AI systems don't just analyze data and information - they "reason and act on it." This means dealing with potentially sensitive data and triggering responses. For this reason, AI tools like Garak offer automated testing of LLM-based agents. In contrast, NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails allow developers to set limits and properly govern what AI agents can "say and do."

It's a complex setup, where it seems that there's an AI solution for everything. NVIDIA Confidential Computing is all about protecting data while it's being accessed in real time, and it's already available on Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. "NVIDIA is building AI and security capabilities into technological foundations for ecosystem partners to deliver AI-powered cybersecurity solutions," David Reber Jr. adds. "This new ecosystem will allow enterprises to build secure, scalable agentic AI systems."