Trend Cybertron platform now open-source for all users

Trend Micro has announced that it is making its Trend Cybertron platform publicly available as open-source software, aiming to democratise access to sophisticated cybersecurity tools.

Trend Cybertron leverages NVIDIA AI to enhance security measures, offering an AI model and agent framework intended to accelerate the creation of autonomous cybersecurity solutions. The framework is designed to predict and respond to cyber threats more effectively, moving beyond traditional threat response techniques.

The specialised architecture of Trend Cybertron is built on Llama 3.1 and can be rapidly deployed using NVIDIA NIM inference microservices. The framework is deployed on NVIDIA's advanced infrastructure, powering enhanced threat prevention capabilities for next-generation artificial intelligence applications.

Mick McCluney, ANZ Field CTO at Trend Micro, stated, "The secret sauce of Trend Cybertron is the data it continuously learns from, fine-tuned for optimised threat detection and mitigation. By bringing to bear the very highest quality threat data and NVIDIA's industry-leading AI expertise, we've made proactive security a reality, enabling us to predict and prevent threats like never before. This innovation isn't just a win for our customers—it's about making the entire digital, connected world a safer place."

Pat Lee, Vice President of Strategic Enterprise Partnerships at NVIDIA, commented on the collaboration with Trend Micro, saying, "With the ability to understand, reason and take action, AI agents give organisations a powerful new cybersecurity tool. Agentic AI security agents built with the Trend Cybertron model and framework using NVIDIA AI can analyse massive amounts of data in real time to detect potential threats, adapt dynamically, and respond autonomously."

The open-source nature of Trend Cybertron allows organisations to integrate AI-driven security solutions to automate security tasks. This includes resource scanning, threat anticipation, and scaling defensive measures, aiming to improve overall security posture and operational efficiency. These capabilities, incorporated within the NVIDIA ecosystem, are also designed to address security challenges faced by global organisations hindered by numerous security alerts and fragmented solutions.

Utilising threat intelligence from a network of over 250 million sensors globally, Trend Cybertron is engineered to provide comprehensive recommendations and best practices for safeguarding enterprise AI systems. Mick McCluney highlighted how the tool benefits teams by reducing alert fatigue for security operations teams and supporting developers with actionable insights to address security vulnerabilities effectively.

Trend Micro and NVIDIA also plan to expand the Trend Cybertron's capabilities. They are currently developing a more advanced version with a 70-billion parameter model, which is expected to further enhance the ability of AI agents to autonomously manage and mitigate cybersecurity risks.

By opening access to the AI framework, Trend Micro and NVIDIA aim to facilitate proactive risk management and improve the integration and effectiveness of AI applications in cybersecurity. The platform's development and deployment relied heavily on NVIDIA's supercomputing resources, which helped in optimising the model efficiently.