FEATURE: CYBERSECURITY when breaches occur, and they will, it’ s often unclear what happened, how far it spread, or what to do next.
A graph-based approach to risk
There’ s a better way to think about this. Imagine a security model that doesn’ t just list assets and alerts but maps how everything connects.
That’ s the power of a security graph.
Think of it as a living, evolving map of your digital environment. It shows every workload, every connection, every communication path across clouds, data centres and everything in between. unexpected spikes in communication. Or silent policy violations that expose critical data.
Instead of guessing where the threat is, you see it.
From insight to action
But visibility alone isn’ t enough. The real advantage comes when insight leads directly to action.
That’ s where this approach shines. By analysing billions of communication flows in real-time, a graph-based model can not only detect attacks but also show the blast radius, identify high-value targets at risk and help teams prioritise what matters most.
Now add AI. With machine learning layered on top of this graph, you can detect subtle patterns, like lateral movement between systems that should never talk. Or
It also reduces noise. Instead of thousands of disconnected alerts, security teams get a clear, contextualised picture of what’ s happening and what
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