Kevin Kennedy is senior vice president of products at Vectra AI. With more than 27 years in technology product management, more than half of those years in security, Kevin has seen it all. From Threat Intel, Encryption and Secure Web Gateways to Content, Email, Firewall, and Network security to today leading the Threat Detection and Response product vision and strategy for Vectra. Not afraid to challenge the status quo, but respectful of the challenges security teams face, Kevin approaches product with a healthy dose of empathy - staying true to the problem to be solved - and effectively balancing innovation and practicality. Prior to Vectra, Kevin launched his career in threat intel at IronPort. He continued to hone his security product management skills with stints at Juniper, Cisco, and Agari Data. Kevin bleeds maize and blue graduating from the University of Michigan with a BSE in computer engineering.
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Forrester’s version of Network Detection and Response (NDR) has some serious flaws, including an obsession with decryption that’s dangerous for enterprises.
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Looking for an alternative to Darktrace? See why 9 in 10 customers choose Vectra AI, the top Darktrace alternative powered by Attack Signal Intelligence.
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72% of security practitioners "think they may have been breached, but don't knowit." Said differently, nearly three-quarters of security teams don't know wherethey are compromised right now.
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In this blog series, Kevin Kennedy, SVP of Products at Vectra goes beyond the buzzwords and explains what artificial intelligence and machine learning truly mean in relation to cybersecurity. He explains how organizations using AI can gain an advantage over today's attackers that will stop them in their tracks.
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In this blog series, Kevin Kennedy, SVP of Products at Vectra goes beyond the buzzwords and explains what artificial intelligence and machine learning truly mean in relation to cybersecurity. He explains how organizations using AI can gain an advantage over today's attackers that will stop them in their tracks.
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It seems like a new variant or victim of ransomware is in the news every day. It's newsworthy because it works so well and causes widespread destruction. So when the recent wave of stories hit about PetrWrap, a variation of the widely known Petya ransomware strain, it was easy to miss the significance. The "no-honor-among-thieves" narrative crowded out its true importance.
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