While security products continue to flood the market on an almost weekly basis, the reality is that most enterprise companies are no better protected against cyber threats today than they were five years ago. Some might argue the situation is even more dire, despite supposed advancements by major industry leaders.

The core issue appears to be a reliance on the same approaches while expecting different results, rather than adapting to evolving market dynamics. Threat actors, much like good business leaders, are constantly adjusting to new trends in cyber warfare.

At Alinea, we apply our investment thesis to the cyber industry, seeking companies that tackle operational challenges while driving innovation with a practical, business-forward approach. Through our ongoing research, we have identified three promising technologies that not only address immediate challenges but also remain adaptable to an ever-evolving threat landscape.

The technology capabilities of these companies allow for:

• Detecting financial fraud and more specifically, money mule transactions utilizing behavioral AI capabilities 

• Distributed AI social agents that harness swarm intelligence to predict potential scams across web applications and communication/messaging tools  

• Adaptive security solutions that utilize ongoing game theory models to accurately identify application attack surfaces within enterprise systems

As current market trends forecast exciting changes across the technology landscape and AI becomes increasingly commoditized, it’s important to remember that these same innovations are also being used against us. To quote the great Isaac Newton, “every action has an opposite and equal reaction.”   

For further information regarding our cyber market research and the active trends that we are identifying, please feel free to contact us: hello@alinea.vc

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