GTT Communications Inc., a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, today announced GTT Defense Halo, an AI-native network defense platform designed to address a threat environment that increasingly operates faster than traditional security teams can respond. The patent-pending platform is built on GTT’s AI factory and deployed as a dedicated instance for each customer.
GTT Defense Halo introduces three core capabilities designed to strengthen network defense:
- Proactive vulnerability detection and remediation: The platform continuously identifies vulnerabilities and policy gaps across a customer’s estate and generates AI-powered remediation plans in real time, allowing organizations to address weaknesses before attackers identify them.
- Real-time behavioral analysis: GTT Defense Halo detects behavioral anomalies within a customer’s network and assesses in real time whether those anomalies represent genuine security threats. Confirmed threats can then be remediated at network speed.
- Real-time network modeling and threat visibility: The platform creates a stateful, real-time model of the customer’s network, providing visibility into host-to-host connections and communications. This enables security teams to conduct real-time threat hunting and assess vulnerability exposure.
The ability to identify and respond to vulnerabilities and security threats at network speed has become an increasingly important requirement for cybersecurity in the AI era. The urgency was highlighted in an open letter published in late August and signed by more than 100 technology, cybersecurity and <a href="https://bitcomme.com/chi-rho-financial-appoints-daniel-hoinacki-head-of-capital-formation/” title=”Chi-Rho Financial Appoints Daniel Hoinacki Head Of Capital Formation”>financial services companies. The letter warned that AI-enabled cyberattacks are expected to become increasingly widespread and sophisticated, leaving defenders with a limited window to prepare.
“Every security leader I speak with is fighting the same battle against the clock. AI-powered cyber threats complicate and intensify that battle,” said Fletcher Keister, Chief Product and Technology Officer, GTT. “Time is the enemy because time equals risk. The longer a vulnerability remains undetected in an enterprise network, the greater the risk of breach and exploitation. We built GTT Defense Halo to combat this risk and help our customers understand and act quickly on previously undetected vulnerabilities in their network.”
GTT Defense Halo is powered by GTT’s AI factory, which is integrated into the company’s global Tier 1 backbone. The AI infrastructure is hosted across the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, supporting enterprise-scale deployments while addressing data sovereignty and regional requirements.
“Most existing security products analyze traffic after it has been collected and normalized, which builds latency, cost and blind spots into the architecture,” said Amy DeCarlo, Principal Analyst, Security and Data Center Services, GlobalData. “Integrating GTT Defense Halo into your security architecture eliminates these blind spots. GTT is doing something architecturally different by placing AI inference inside the network and AI factories it owns, which marks a significant step in GTT’s evolution as a security provider. Combined with customer-isolated models and in-region data residency, GTT Defense Halo gives enterprises a defense platform that endpoint-centric and log-centric platforms are not positioned to match.”
GTT Defense Halo is now generally available, with select customers already deploying the platform.
GTT is a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, simply and securely connecting people and machines to data and applications — anywhere in the world. We serve thousands of organizations, bringing together the right people, partners and technology to reduce the burden on IT teams and solve the most pressing networking and security challenges. Built on our top-ranked ranked global Tier 1 network, GTT Envision is a single global technology platform to connect, orchestrate, virtualize and automate enterprise networks, enabling customers with consumable solutions to achieve business missions and meet ongoing demand when, where and how needed. Our portfolio includes SASE, SD-WAN, security, internet, voice and other connectivity options, complemented by a suite of professional services and exceptional sales and support teams in local markets around the globe. We partner with our customers to deliver Greater Technology Together. For more information, visit www.gtt.net.
