The cybersecurity industry has always been under constant strain from cybercriminals and malware. With increasing integration of hardware, software and services being built into every aspect of our lives, the task of keeping data secure has become even more difficult.

The arsenal of tools that cybercriminals now have at their disposal has raised concerns for security companies, and turned the criminals into threat actors who can create, disseminate and penetrate a target’s defenses using custom-built and never-before-seen malware. The security industry has had to adopt a new way of dealing with the unknown by leveraging the powerful capabilities of machine learning algorithms.