ESET invests EUR €40 million in AI cybersecurity R&D

Cybersecurity group ESET is expanding its research and development to counter escalating threats from AI skills and a growing software supply chain

Justin Tomlinson

Editor-in-Chief, Mora Discover

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ESET invests EUR €40 million in AI cybersecurity R&D

Cybersecurity group ESET has announced a major investment of EUR €40 million dedicated to artificial intelligence cybersecurity research and development. This funding is aimed at expanding the company's research initiatives to better protect organizations against increasingly sophisticated digital threats.[1][2]

The decision to expand research comes as threats leveraging AI skills continue to escalate. ESET's increased R&D efforts will focus on countering a fast-growing software supply chain and a rapidly expanding attack surface, both of which present significant challenges to modern cybersecurity.[1][2]

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