{"id":12072,"date":"2025-05-15T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/about-us\/achievements-certification\/industry-recognitions\/two-decades-of-ai-in-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:41:49","slug":"two-decades-of-ai-in-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"recognition","link":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/de\/ueber-uns\/erfolge-zertifizierungen\/branchenanerkennungen\/two-decades-of-ai-in-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Excellence Award for WithSecure&#8217;s intelligent agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n    class=\"wp-block-one-column-block edwp-block js-wp-block-one-column-block wp-block-one-column-block--content-1 wp-block-one-column-block--meta-sharing layout--spacing-xxxxl-top layout--spacing-xl-bottom\"\n    >\n    <div class=\"wp-block-one-column-block__container\">\n                                                                                                                            <div class='wp-block-one-column-block__meta-sharing-grid'><div class=\"wp-component-content wp-component-content--default wp-block-one-column-block__content fade-in\">\n            <h1 class=\"wp-component-heading text--h2 wp-component-content__title\">\n    The AI Excellence Award was just <span class=\"blue-text\"> the beginning<\/span><\/h1>                    <div class=\"wp-component-content__inner\">\n                                    <div class=\"wp-component-content__content wysiwyg\">\n                        <div class=\"wp-component-paragraph \">\n    <p><strong>Winning an AI award is one thing. What it represents is another. Project Blackfin challenged a core assumption in AI development \u2014 that machine intelligence should behave like humans \u2014 and built a research program around what AI could achieve on its own terms. Here&#8217;s the story behind the award \u2014 what WithSecure built before it, and what came after.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wp-component-content__meta\">\n                                                                                                                            <span class=\"wp-component-content__meta-date\">\n                                15 Mai, 2025                            <\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wp-component-content__buttons\">\n                        <a class=\"wp-component-button btn btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/en\/for-msps\/platform\/\">Explore the platform<svg class='edwp-icon edwp-icon--reg button-icon js-icon ' aria-hidden='true'>\n                <use xlink:href='#chevron'><\/use>\n            <\/svg><\/a>    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It started in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">WithSecure&#8217;s first AI-powered capability in 2006 was Gemini \u2014 a Bayesian classifier that identified malware by analysing large datasets of malicious and clean files. Simple by today&#8217;s standards, but foundational: it established the principle that machines could learn to distinguish threats from noise at a scale no human analyst could match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Building on Gemini, WithSecure developed the Sample Management Automation (SMA) system \u2014 a heuristic reasoning engine that automated malware identification using sandboxed environments. WithSecure kept these advancements under wraps for years, maintaining a competitive advantage before similar &#8222;next-gen&#8220; approaches emerged across the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The heuristic reasoning model pioneered in SMA became the foundation for what would eventually grow into WithSecure Elements XDR. First developed as a rapid detection service in 2016, it has since expanded into a unified solution protecting entire IT estates \u2014 using AI engines including the Baseliner swarm (which identifies clean baseline behavior across an organization), noise-cancelling models (reducing false alarms on host-unique environments), anomaly detection models, and PowerShell obfuscation detection.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold text--h3\">Rethinking what AI can actually be: Project Blackfin<\/h2>\n<p>The AI Excellence Award in 2021 marks a high point in WithSecure&#8217;s applied AI research \u2014 and the clearest articulation of the company&#8217;s conviction that machine intelligence, developed on its own terms rather than modeled on human cognition, represents the real frontier of what AI can achieve in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial wp-component-testimonial--flexible-content wp-block-two-column-block__column-testimonial\">\n                <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial__body\">\n            <p class=\"wp-component-testimonial__quote\">\n                &#8222;Most AI development is anchored in the idea of mimicking human intelligence \u2014 recreating the way people reason, learn, and make decisions. It&#8217;s an intuitive starting point. But WithSecure believes it&#8217;s also a limiting one.&#8220;            <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-component-paragraph wp-block-two-column-block__paragraph \">\n    <p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">When AI systems capable of exhibiting true machine intelligence emerge, they are unlikely to behave in a human-like fashion. Trying to mould machine intelligence into something that resembles human thinking may be holding the field back from discovering what AI is genuinely capable of \u2014 including capabilities we can&#8217;t yet anticipate.<\/p>\n<p>Project Blackfin is built on a different premise: that emergent machine intelligence should be understood and developed in its own unique form, not constrained by human cognitive frameworks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div\n        class=\"wp-component-video-embed wp-component-video-embed--ratio-- wp-block-two-column-block__video-embed \"\n            >\n                    <iframe\n                                src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4--5d3C-hRM\"\n                                class=\"wp-component-video-embed__iframe\"\n                title=\"Video\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n                allowfullscreen\n            ><\/iframe>\n                        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-component-paragraph wp-block-two-column-block__paragraph \">\n    <p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The research at the heart of Project Blackfin draws on collective intelligence \u2014 specifically <strong>swarm intelligence<\/strong> and <strong>multi-agent reinforcement learning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In nature, swarms work in ways that no individual member could alone. Schools of fish, insect colonies, flocking birds \u2014 these collections of organisms solve complex problems through interaction, learning, and information sharing. The behaviors that emerge from these interactions are often unexpected, and often far more sophisticated than the sum of their parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Collective intelligence<\/strong> techniques apply this same principle to AI systems: multiple agents interacting, communicating, and sharing knowledge in ways that produce emergent behaviors \u2014 capabilities that arise from the system as a whole, not from any single component.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Federated learning<\/strong> is one established example of how agents in such systems share knowledge. As communication and knowledge-sharing mechanisms become more sophisticated, collective intelligence systems become correspondingly more capable. And as the individual agents within these swarms become more intelligent, the emergent behaviors they produce will extend well beyond what we can currently envision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial wp-component-testimonial--flexible-content wp-block-two-column-block__column-testimonial\">\n                <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial__body\">\n            <p class=\"wp-component-testimonial__quote\">\n                &#8222;Cyber threats are not static. Attackers adapt, combine techniques, and operate across environments in ways that make point-in-time, rule-based detection increasingly insufficient. A security system that learns collectively, tracks behavior across an entire environment, and develops emergent detection capabilities is a fundamentally different \u2014 and more resilient \u2014 approach.&#8220;            <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-component-paragraph wp-block-two-column-block__paragraph \">\n    <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6027 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468-298x300.webp\" alt=\"AI Excellence Award\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468-298x300.webp 298w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468-447x450.webp 447w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468-145x146.webp 145w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AI-excellence-award-e1778501647468.webp 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">That&#8217;s what Project Blackfin was building toward. The 2021 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award recognized the originality and ambition of that work at WithSecure &#8211; formerly F-Secure Business. It validated the right direction \u2014 and motivation to keep innovating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The first AI innovations developed through the research were already integrated into WithSecure Elements XDR \u2014 enhancing detection capabilities and delivering stronger protection against the kind of sophisticated, multi-stage attacks that conventional endpoint tools are increasingly challenged by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">This is what applied research looks like in practice: long-term thinking about where machine intelligence is heading, combined with near-term capabilities that protect customers today.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold text--h3\">When\u00a0GenAI entered the picture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-292 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/luminen-ui-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-300x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/luminen-ui-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/luminen-ui-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/luminen-ui-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-447x447.gif 447w, https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/luminen-ui-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-146x146.gif 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>WithSecure Luminen introduced GenAI in 2024 as a built-in &#8222;superpowers&#8220; for all Elements customers at no additional cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The challenge facing most mid-sized organizations isn&#8217;t just detecting threats \u2014 it&#8217;s understanding them fast enough to act. Based on a large language model (LLM), it turns complex detections, Broad Context Detections\u2122, and security events into plain-language explanations with clear recommended next steps \u2014 in the user&#8217;s own language. It also automatically generates weekly security event summary reports, highlighting the most significant events and suggested actions, with built-in drill-downs to verify source data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Luminen doesn&#8217;t replace security expertise. It lowers the bar for accessing it \u2014 so that IT generalists and non-security specialists can navigate cybersecurity&#8217;s complexity with confidence, and experienced analysts can move faster on what matters most.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold text--h3\">When AI started to proactively protect against zero day vulnerabilities<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A new exploited vulnerability is published every two days. Monthly patching cycles leave organizations exposed for weeks at a time \u2014 a window that AI-accelerated attackers are increasingly able to exploit. WithSecure&#8217;s patent-pending Pre-Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovery capability, introduced in 2025 and launched in 2026 as<strong> Pre-Zero-Day Protection<\/strong> included as a new Proactive Security capability in WithSecure Elements that changes the equation to <strong>defend before the clock starts<\/strong>. Hannu Simonen, Senior Product Manager at WithSecure, explained:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial wp-component-testimonial--flexible-content wp-block-two-column-block__column-testimonial\">\n                <div class=\"wp-component-testimonial__body\">\n            <p class=\"wp-component-testimonial__quote\">\n                &#8222;The shift to AI-accelerated threats isn\u2019t coming \u2013 it\u2019s here. MSPs can\u2019t defend their customers by watching and reacting anymore. Proactive Security gives our partners the ability to close attack paths before attackers even discover them. That\u2019s what protection looks like in 2026.&#8220;            <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-component-paragraph wp-block-two-column-block__paragraph \">\n    <p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">By combining behavioral telemetry from XDR sensors with exposure analytics in Elements Exposure Management, the platform automatically surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities before they are publicly known or human-analyzed \u2014 giving MSPs and their customers the ability to close attack paths before attackers discover them.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold text--h3\">The thread running through all of it<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">From Gemini to Luminen to Pre-Zero-Day Protection, the through-line is consistent: AI should reduce the burden on human teams, not add to it. Automate what can be automated. Surface what matters. Explain it clearly. Act before attackers do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">WithSecure&#8217;s approach is also deliberately responsible. While much of the industry has defaulted to large language models for every task, WithSecure advocates for a smarter mix \u2014 smaller, task-focused models working in combination, calibrated for accuracy, energy efficiency, and privacy. AI systems built to align with EU regulations, including the AI Code of Practice, where compliance isn&#8217;t a constraint but a design principle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Project Blackfin articulated a vision for where machine intelligence could go. 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