Summary

  • Startups within the cybersecurity industry are increasingly utilizing open-source AI for agile development, with open-source models such as Cisco’s Foundation-Sec-8B showing high levels of uptake.
  • Open-source code can help to accelerate time to market, with startups able to build communities and monetize products more quickly.
  • However, the uptake of open-source AI within the sector does create difficulties around issues of security and compliance, with increased vulnerabilities and regulatory hurdles.
  • For successful startups, the solution has been to embed governance, automate security, and proactively communicate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
  • Generative AI helps to automate security processes, while purpose-built cybersecurity models that are contributed to the open-source community can enhance resilience.
  • VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategies, including Louis Monier, who will be leading an editorial roundtable on the benefits and challenges of open-source AI in cybersecurity. Sign up today to join the debate.

By Louis Columbus

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