CrowdStrike CEO talks generative AI and cybersecurity

George Kurtz, CEO of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, spoke with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday about the company’s focus on automation and using generative AI to launch… Charlotte Amnesty International“Virtual Security Analyst.”

“Generative AI is a new type of AI, and Charlotte AI is essentially our virtual security analyst,” Kurtz said. “And the reason we’re so excited about this is because it’s not just having a conversation with Charlotte, who can provide the collective wisdom to CrowdStrike, but actually having Charlotte do something on your behalf.”

Kurtz explained that Charlotte AI can help automate the duties of a security operations center (SOC) analyst, or anyone who handles cybersecurity duties on a daily basis. He said the program aims to reduce the mundane work performed by analysts, turning tasks that might take hours into tasks that take just minutes.

According to Kurtz, analysts can have conversations with Charlotte AI and ask questions about security threats in the environment, how they apply to their industry, what assets are at risk, how to fix those assets — and even generate a report on the situation.

“We can’t just drive automation through our platform, but it’s really going to take the collective wisdom of CrowdStrike, 12-plus years of experience in the business, all the threats we’ve seen, all the attacks,” Kurtz said. “We’ve taken a step back, and then made that available to all of these analysts to help them make the best decisions and then automate the work for them.”