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Ofer Smadari on Innovation, Expansion and AI in the Cybersecurity Operations Space
Torq plans to use its $42 million of Series B money to further leverage artificial intelligence and hyperautomation to revolutionize security operations and improve efficiency.
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Co-founder and CEO Ofer Smadari said the New York-based company is using AI across its platform to assist with everything from building scripts to summarizing and resolving cases. Torq has grown its headcount by 50% since the January funding announcement, and serves both enterprises and MSSPs (see: SentinelOne’s $100M Venture Capital Fund Seeks Data Startups).
“We are heavily investing in building our AI infrastructure, and we are going to have at least three or four AI applications that will completely change the way that folks are working today” in the SOC, Smadari said. “We already do things like investigation and auto resolving and have a couple of other surprises coming up. It’s going to be wild.”
In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Smadari also discusses:
- How Torq’s team and revenue growth have expanded since the Series B funding;
- The role of AI in enhancing security automation and incident response;
- The competitive landscape and the importance of cloud-native solutions.
Smadari founded Torq in 2020. He previously founded Luminate, which was acquired by Symantec and enabled security and IT teams to create zero trust application access architecture without traditional VPN appliances. He also managed the sales and business operations at cloud access security broker Adallom, which was acquired by Microsoft.