Corero Network Security has introduced AI-Augmented Cloud-Assist for its SmartWall ONE platform, integrating cloud-based artificial intelligence to enhance its automated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection capabilities. This new feature aims to provide advanced threat analysis, intelligence gathering, and policy optimization.
The company states that the Cloud-Assist functionality is designed to counter the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, which are now frequently leveraging AI. By employing cloud-based AI analysis, Corero's DDoS solutions can more effectively detect novel attack behaviors and swiftly generate optimal protection policies. These policy recommendations can be implemented either manually or automatically within seconds.
AI Cloud-Assist operates by creating a continuous intelligence loop between Corero's cloud infrastructure and on-premises SmartWall ONE deployments. The AI analyzes attack telemetry data to identify emerging threats and suggest new protection policies. Corero's security experts maintain oversight of this process. This hybrid approach is intended to reduce response times, improve the accuracy of protection, and enhance operational efficiency, while still incorporating human expertise into security operations.
According to Corero, this augmentation leverages the existing accuracy and forensic data sources of the SmartWall ONE solution, a capability they suggest is not common among many other DDoS solutions. The company emphasizes that this development reinforces its position in fast and precise DDoS mitigation at the network edge.
Carl Herberger, CEO at Corero Network Security, highlighted the importance of uninterrupted digital services for revenue generation, customer experience, and critical operations. He stated that AI Cloud-Assist extends SmartWall ONE's capabilities by combining cloud-scale intelligence, human expertise, and edge-based mitigation to safeguard essential services. Herberger described this as a crucial and largely absent capability in most current DDoS solutions, representing the future of DDoS protection.
The AI Cloud-Assist solution is specifically designed for environments such as AI data centers, NeoCloud providers, service providers, and digital enterprises. Its purpose is to improve Corero's capacity to mitigate attacks at the network edge, closer to the applications, services, and AI workloads that require protection. The outcome is described as smarter intelligence from the cloud, enhanced mitigation at the edge, and human expertise amplified by AI, collectively delivering low-latency protection and increased cyber resiliency for modern digital infrastructure.
