Heimdal — Transforming the Cybersecurity World with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
In an era where technology evolves at a rapid pace, the landscape of cybersecurity is continuously challenged by increasingly sophisticated threats. As hackers find new ways to exploit vulnerabilities, the defenders of digital domains are integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning to cement the walls of data protection.
“Enterprises need to build security infrastructure leveraging the power of AI, machine learning, and deep learning to handle the sheer scale of analysis.”
– Gaurav Banga
One of the primary reasons chained with the rapid acceleration of cybercrime includes the initiation of lowering the barriers to entry for malicious acts. According to the data by Forbes, seventy-six percent of corporations prioritized the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning in their IT budgets in 2021, with the percentage rising in subsequent years.
This trend is propelled by the heightening volume of data, such as traffic on the website, that requires analysis to identify and mitigate the risks attached to cyber threats — among other factors — considering the connected devices could generate approximately 79 zettabytes of data which is impossible for humans to analyze manually.
Correspondingly, Heimdal, a leading European company, is centered on providing cybersecurity solutions while possessing the intellectual property and digital assets that CSIS Group initially owned. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, being the subsidiary of Heimdal Security Agent Corporate.
Cybersecurity is an umbrella, diverging into several subsectors, while Heimdal particularly focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Along with a broad product portfolio, the company offers two services in integration with Microsoft E5: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR). The EDR enables the users to integrate a multilayered approach to cybersecurity, allowing all the components to function together and leveraging the intelligence offered by the other models to build a security wall around the entire ecosystem.
Another service focuses on the combination of Artificial Intelligence and human expertise — highlighting an advanced approach to cybersecurity. It replaces unresponsive data-gathering software and fragmented legacy tools aiming to attain a unified approach while offering a compatible user experience that erases the fear residing in the mind. In addition, it provides live assistance along with event mitigation without limiting to company size, devices, or policies.
In order to effectively and efficiently offer data protection, Heimdal incorporates various advanced technologies in order to combat insecurity issues, including Darklayer Guard — which filters the traffic on the cloud incorporating server optimization through DNS/Http/Https, VectorN Detection — a complex behavioral pattern analyzing software that incorporates Artificial Intelligence for data gathering and machine learning, and Patch & Asset Management –automated patching software that is framed on the structure of Microsoft’s ConfigMgr and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Furthermore, the software and cybersecurity industry does not build confined walls in order to thrive in the competitive market. Ultimately, this requires companies to constantly evolve, learn new techniques to encounter challenges and develop strategic plans. With that, highlighting the partnerships and associations with other software companies, Heimdal has marked remarkable milestones in the industry.
Initiating in 2015, the company partnered with an IT hardware and software distributor, PXS Distribution, headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom. Thereafter, in 2018, an association was formed with a value-added managed services distributor, Brigantia Partners LTD.
With a span of a year, Heimdal’s long-term strategy focused on acquiring BasicBytes, a software development firm in Hornslet, Denmark. AccessDirector, the acquired company’s user rights management software, holds the foundation of Heimdal’s Thor AdminPrivilege.
Beyond the boundaries of Europe and the United Kingdom, Heimdal, with its strategic planning, has managed to collaborate with software companies in Canada. In 2019, the company formed an alliance with a software company, Multi-Visions Canada, and an IT support company, Neuways.
Nonetheless, in 2020, Heimdal sold its majority stake in ownership to Marlin Equity Partners LLC, an American global investment firm, to tailor the management solutions that meet the liquidity terms. With that, in the following year, an Australian IT hardware, software, cloud, and IoT distributor collaborated with Heimdal while agreeing on the terms to serve the company as an Australian sole distributor.
Conclusively, artificial intelligence, combined with machine learning, is increasingly gaining recognition to be a powerful tool in the looming future. Every advancement in the subsequent domain, as portrayed by Heimdal, narrows the gap by supplementing human roles more effectively.
