AI and LLM crawlers emerging as new front in cybersecurity, says Indusface CEO
Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud infrastructure, and new attack methods are reshaping cybersecurity. Attackers use automation, botnets, and AI to bypass defenses, with smaller businesses increasingly targeted. Indusface, a cybersecurity SaaS company, focuses on reducing vulnerability response times, preventing false positives, and protecting critical infrastructure.
In a conversation with TechCircle, CEO, and Founder, Ashish Tandon outlines the industry gap the company addressed, the growth of API threats, AI’s role in attacks and defense, and what enterprises must prepare for as AI, quantum computing, and decentralized infrastructure evolve. Edited Excerpts:
What gap did you see in cybersecurity when you founded Indusface, and how has it changed over the past decade?
In my previous company, we identified weaknesses in customers’ web applications, reported the vulnerabilities, and explained how hackers could exploit them to steal data such as credit card information. That was where our work ended.
CIOs and CISOs in banks told me that fixing vulnerabilities often took 70 to 110 days, leaving them exposed the entire time. They asked why we didn’t work on something that could mitigate issues in real time.
That led to starting Interspace. In our category, we are the only company that helps customers mitigate open vulnerabilities almost autonomously and in real time. We do this through a combination of software, AI, and human verification. This reduces the 70–110 day window to near zero.
We also addressed the problem of false positives. In cybersecurity, a false positive could mean blocking legitimate users when trying to stop attackers. That can be catastrophic for a business. Our AI ensures policies only block malicious traffic while allowing legitimate users uninterrupted access.
