Radware unveils EPIC-AI: A move to boost cybersecurity

Radware has announced the launch of its new proprietary AI system, EPIC-AI, which adds multiple layers of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered capabilities across its application and network security solutions and services.

The system integrates cutting-edge AI and generative AI algorithms to deliver consistent protections across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

According to Radware, EPIC-AI aims to help organisations improve real-time attack detection and mitigation, reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR), gain more control over their security, and protect their brands. Radware's president and CEO, Roy Zisapel, commented on the growing challenges in the cybersecurity landscape, which include the increased use of automated and AI-enabled cyber attack tools, stricter regulatory requirements, and a shortage of cybersecurity experts. These factors have led to increased exposure and risk for organisations worldwide.

"In keeping with Radware’s fight AI-with-AI approach to security, the launch of EPIC-AI gives organisations the modern tools they need to stay ahead of evolving cyberthreats and business challenges. Real-time, precise, hands-free protection consistently applied across any application environment—that’s the unmatched power and intelligence behind EPIC-AI. Today, we are introducing a new AI-based approach to security that we plan to build upon going forward," Zisapel said.

Recently, industry analyst GigaOm evaluated the AI protection capabilities of 13 security providers in its 2024 Radar for Application and API Security (AAS) Report. The report noted that Radware is the only vendor in this analysis to earn a top score on the AI-enhanced vulnerability detection criterion.

The GigaOm report read: "Radware includes everything that we currently look for in this feature; the AI vulnerability enhancement system uses both IP and application layer information to learn of attacks to protect against and offer suggestions to IT."

Powered by EPIC-AI, Radware's security solutions offer a multi-layered integrated platform that includes:

• Integration across multiple enforcement points, including Radware's own products and cloud services, as well as third-party services, to uniformly apply security policies, signatures, and rules regardless of where an application resides. This provides consistent protection across on-premises and public cloud environments.
• Real-time cloud protection engines with AI-powered Web DDoS, DNS, bot, and API protection. Each engine uses machine-learning algorithms designed to automatically identify and surgically block malicious activity.
• Cross-platform AI reasoning that correlates threat intelligence and data-driven feeds across the real-time protection engines to help preemptively block malicious sources. This capability allows the platform to identify a malicious event in one engine and block it in another or across different applications.
• AI-Driven SOC capabilities that enable 24/7, AI-empowered managed services and automated security management and operations. These services can quickly identify the root causes of an incident and automatically resolve it, reducing MTTR from days and hours to minutes.

Customers have voiced positive feedback on Radware's solutions. Ayesha Lata, a security solutions engineer at Fiji National University, noted, "Radware's AI-powered solutions provide robust, real-time threat protection, empowering businesses with unmatched security and confidence." Diego Del Portillo, head of cybersecurity at Puerto de Barranquilla, Sociedad Portuaria, remarked, "The current cyberthreat landscape has been disrupted with new types of attacks created with the help of artificial intelligence. Radware’s AI-based solutions have helped us better understand our threat landscape and protect ourselves more efficiently against new types of attacks so that the availability of our services is not negatively impacted."

Mario Corpas Granda, ICT consultant at ASAC Comunicaciones, added: "We chose Radware not only for the excellent results they produced in the concept testing, but also for their AI-powered technologies and the global cost of the projects."

Radware continues to garner recognition within the industry from analysts such as Aite-Novarica Group, Forrester Research, Gartner, GigaOm, KuppingerCole, and Quadrant Knowledge Solutions.