
AWS for Software Companies Podcast Ep144: 8 Trillion Observations a Week: How Arctic Wolf Uses AI to Stop Ransomware Attacks
Sep 11, 2025
19:27
Dean Teffer of Arctic Wolf reveals how they process 8 trillion weekly security observations to find "a needle in a stack of needles," and breaks down real-world GenAI lessons learned.
Topics Include:
- Dean Teffer, VP of AI at Arctic Wolf, discusses company's GenAI journey
- Arctic Wolf: decade-old security operations company serving mid-market customers globally
- Operates massive security operation center, now launching AI-powered products
- AI agent recently identified Black Basta ransomware attack, enabling rapid containment
- Dean's 15+ years in cybersecurity: traditional ML focused on detection
- GenAI breakthrough allows natural language interaction with security models
- Arctic Wolf processes 8 trillion weekly observations, correlating suspicious activities
- Challenge: finding specific threats in "stack of needles," not haystack
- Success measured by making human analysts faster, more consistent, scalable
- Evolved from treating GenAI like traditional ML to integrated workflows
- Key misconception: GenAI isn't magic, needs proper data and reasoning
- Advice: start with existing challenges, build flexible systems for adaptation
- GenAI excels at summarizing information and supporting complex decisions
- Future vision: AI handles routine threats, humans focus on creativity
- Democratizing machine learning capabilities to broader range of subject experts
Participants:
- Dean Teffer – Vice President of AI, Arctic Wolf
Further Links:
- Arctic Wolf: Website | LinkedIn | AWS Marketplace
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