CBA is developing two AI agents to strengthen cyber defenses

The Commonwealth Bank has developed two AI agents to support its cybersecurity teams in threat hunting and gathering context to inform potential actions and responses.

Andrew Pade, general manager of cyber defense operations and security integration, said at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit that the first AI agent for threat hunting went into production about a year ago.

While Pade generally prefers to source pre-packaged solutions and capabilities from vendors – “because then I don’t have to water it and feed it” – he highlighted the “gap between an emerging…”