This rapid evolution of AI is impacting many aspects of modern life, and businesses must now consider where and how to use these tools. One of the critical areas where AI is being used today is in the field of network security. Network security is an essential aspect of modern-day business operations as it protects sensitive information and data from cyber threats.

Benefits of AI in Cybersecurity

AI has become a powerful tool in the fight against cyber threats. AI-driven cyber security solutions can detect, analyze and respond to malicious attacks faster. By leveraging AI, organizations can better understand their networks and identify potential threats faster. AI-powered solutions can sift through vast amounts of data and analyze the traffic to identify abnormal behavior and quickly detect malicious activity and possible threats in real-time. AI-based cybersecurity systems provide improved accuracy and efficiency, recognizing network behavior and patterns to more accurately detect malicious activity. AI has the potential to improve by utilizing machine learning and deep learning, identifying possible vulnerabilities around the clock.

Crucial Applications & Use Case

An excellent use case for AI-driven network security is in the financial and healthcare industry. Banks and financial institutions, hospitals, and healthcare facilities process large amounts of personal, medical, and financial data that must be protected, therefore, it is essential to have a robust security system in place. An AI-powered network security system can monitor network traffic, detect unusual patterns, and quickly respond to any suspicious activity. For example, an AI-based security system can analyze login attempts and detect any unusual activity, such as multiple failed login attempts, and then prompt the system to flag the suspicious activity and automatically block the IP address or initiate a two-factor authentication process.

Intel® Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Solutions

4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are built specifically for the flexibility to run complex AI workloads on the same hardware as your existing workloads, providing exceptional AI inference and training performance, with accelerated vector instructions and matrix multiply operations. Built-in Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) speeds up inferencing and training across common AI workloads and offers more flexibility and higher resource utilization, without the need for a discrete add-on accelerator.

Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel®AMX) accelerate classical machine learning and deep learning workloads, providing a substantial performance increase for DL workloads, such as recommendation systems, NLP, image recognition, media processing and delivery, and media analytics. Intel® also provides a full suite of software tools, frameworks, and libraries that facilitate AI development, such as optimized mathematical and data analytics functions that can be leveraged in AI-driven network security applications. Intel® AI software suite and Traffic Analytics Development Kit (TADK) accelerates performance and productivity, to achieve out-of-the-box application performance.

Conclusion

In conclusion, network security powered by AI is essential in today's digital age. AI can detect and respond to threats much faster than humans, making it a valuable tool in the fight against cyber threats. With the use of AI, financial institutions, healthcare facilities, and other industries can protect sensitive data and prevent data breaches, ultimately saving them from severe financial and reputational losses.

Compress time between artificial intelligence (AI) development and deployment at scale using Lanner’s NCA-6530, a 2U 19” rackmount network security appliance powered by 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, featuring a built-in accelerator for higher throughputs, advanced hardware-enabled security, and exceptional NIC module expansion.

Lanner’s NCA-6040, a 2U 19” rackmount security network appliance built with Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Sapphire Rapids-SP), delivers maximized packet processing efficiency for virtual network functions, cryptography acceleration (for deep packet inspection) and next-generation firewall and UTM/IPS/IDS. For optimal networking services, the NCA-6040 comes with either eight NCS2 or four N2S NIC module slots, making the NCA-6040 the perfect network appliance for optimizing network traffic management and for enhancing virtualized network security.

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NCA-6530

2U 19” Rackmount Network Appliance Built With Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Codenamed Sapphire Rapids-SP)

CPU Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Sapphire Rapids-SP)
Chipset Intel® C741

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NCA-6040

High Performance 2U Rackmount Network Security Appliance With Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

CPU Intel® Sapphire Rapids-SP & Emmisburg PCH
Chipset Intel® Emmisburg PCH

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