By using Torch.AI’s software, the new SITH system is said to increase the quality and availability of information used for identifying threats in a drastic manner
US DOD taps Torch.AI to develop the SITH capability. (Credit: Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force/Wikimedia Commons)
Torch.AI, a provider of data infrastructure artificial intelligence (AI), said that the US Department of Defense (DOD) has chosen its software for the System for Insider Threat Hindrance (SITH), a new cyber and insider threat analysis capability.
By using Torch.AI’s software, the new SITH system is said to drastically increase the quality and availability of information used for identifying threats by fusing disparate, complex government and commercial datasets and the automation of important tasks with advanced machine learning.
SITH was developed by the company with the DOD chief digital and AI office’s (CDAO) directorate for digital services (DDS). It was carried out on behalf of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).
CDAO is tasked with the expedition of the DOD’s adoption of data, analytics, and AI to create decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield.
Torch.AI founder and CEO Brian Weaver said: “There are few situations where the quality and availability of data is more important than cyber and insider threat. It’s a huge problem. It’s getting worse every day.
“Torch.AI software is mission-ready today. We are proud the DOD has selected our solution for this critical capability and the part we are playing to protect our warfighters and enhance our nation’s security and economic viability.”
The company’s NEXUS software platform is claimed to quickly connect any source system or database for making data instantly machine readable without the intervention of humans.
In addition to that, from a convenient interface, NEXUS offers synthesised data objects.
SITH, by objectising the data, is said to avoid the usual constraints of system-by-system data integrations, duplications, and migrations, which can hinder analysis.
Torch.AI claimed that it rather connects to data where it stays with a flexible data mesh, and quickly, accurately, and continuously integrates new data in a cost-effective way without disrupting the overall missions of agencies.
Earlier this month, the company won a five-year contract from the US Navy to deliver next generation AI and data infrastructure software capabilities for the latter’s Digital Warfare Office (DWO).