watchTowr Launches AI-Driven Platform to Stay Ahead of Zero-Day Exploits
watchTowr has introduced a new Preemptive Exposure Management platform that combines AI with proactive threat intelligence and real-world attacker data. This solution enables organizations to identify and address vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them, offering a crucial advantage in today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Targeted at Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure providers, the platform merges watchTowr’s existing Proactive Threat Intelligence with its External Attack Surface Management technology. The result is an autonomous system that equips security teams with fast, precise insights to outpace attackers.
The Urgency of Speed in Cybersecurity
Attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities faster than ever—sometimes within just four hours of discovery. Traditional vulnerability management processes, bound by service-level agreements (SLAs), often cannot keep up with this pace. watchTowr addresses this challenge by integrating proprietary threat intelligence, live attacker telemetry, and automated red teaming into a single platform that provides actionable insights before breaches occur.
“When threats move faster than your team can react, time becomes your most critical defense,” says Benjamin Harris, co-founder and CEO of watchTowr. The platform’s core is an AI Execution Pipeline that automatically translates attacker behaviors into clear, actionable intelligence. This pipeline triggers tests instantly as adversaries change tactics, giving organizations valuable time to respond.
Key Capabilities of watchTowr’s Platform
- watchTowr Instinct: An algorithm that predicts which vulnerabilities are most likely to be exploited, enabling preemptive action.
- Attacker Eye: Real-time data collected from a global honeypot network, providing insights into attacker methods as they happen.
- watchTowr Labs: An internal team that researches zero-day vulnerabilities, advanced attacker techniques, and system weaknesses before they become widespread threats.
These intelligence features combine with advanced External Attack Surface Management tools:
- Adversary Sight: Maps an organization’s external assets exactly as attackers see them, continuously uncovering known and unknown assets across SaaS, cloud, applications, and infrastructure.
- Automated Red Teaming: Simulates real-world attacker tactics and vulnerabilities at scale, helping teams focus on fixing critical weaknesses.
- Rapid Reaction: Delivers the fastest response to emerging threats by simulating attacker techniques across all MITRE ATT&CK Initial Access methods.
Practical Impact for Security Leaders
By combining these capabilities within its autonomous AI Execution Pipeline, watchTowr’s platform helps organizations predict attacker strategies, track ongoing threats, and verify exposure within minutes. This capability buys critical time in the ongoing race between defenders and adversaries.
Recent leadership changes, including the appointment of Ryan Dewhurst to lead Proactive Threat Intelligence, underline watchTowr’s focus on proactive defense.
To explore how your organization can identify exposure before attackers strike, visit watchtowr.com.
About watchTowr
watchTowr is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure providers for its Preemptive Exposure Management capabilities. By combining proactive threat intelligence, live attacker data, and automated red teaming, watchTowr continuously identifies and validates real risks—giving security teams the time they need to respond effectively before exploitation occurs.
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