Panaseer launches AI tool for real-time analysis of cyber risks

Panaseer has launched Key Drivers, the first AI-powered product within its new AI Suite, designed to provide real-time analysis of security controls and enhance enterprise risk management.

Key Drivers enables organisations to swiftly identify and explain shifts in their risk profile by examining millions of security control records within seconds. This new product aims to support CISOs and security teams in prioritising their responses and reducing the time spent on manual investigation and reporting.

Purpose and Functionality

Key Drivers analyses high volumes of cybersecurity data and uncovers patterns that may not be apparent through manual inspection. For instance, the product can highlight specific scenarios such as concentrated phishing test failures within a given business unit, or persistent patch breaches across critical Windows 8 devices. These insights give teams the information needed to understand root causes, accelerate remediation, and adapt their security efforts accordingly.

The system is integrated with Panaseer's existing actionable dashboards, which are tailored for different industries and regulatory frameworks. This approach allows for not only detecting anomalies, but also providing clear explanations that facilitate business communication and informed decision making.

"With breaches continuing to rise, security professionals are under incredible pressure to act fast, but it's often hard to pinpoint what's really driving changes to their risk posture," says Marc Moesse, Chief Product Officer at Panaseer.

"When you're dealing with this level of complexity, it's easy to fall back on assumptions or gut instinct, rather than evidence – increasing the likelihood of bias and blind spots. Key Drivers doesn't just flag anomalies, it explains them. Our plan is to build responsible AI features to act as force multipliers, allowing security teams to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions, and focus their efforts where it really matters."

Key Drivers brings several features to streamline risk management, including automated analysis triggered by predefined metric thresholds, report-ready concise summaries, business context filtering by dimensions such as device type, unit, country, or criticality, and asset-level drill-downs to pinpoint affected systems, assets, or users.

Risk Management and Reporting

The product is designed to detect 'residual risk drift', referring to subtle changes in controls or vulnerabilities that might slowly increase overall risk even after mitigations have been applied. By alerting teams to these changes in near real-time, Key Drivers is intended to make it easier to localise issues and respond effectively before they escalate.

The tool can be used by both security analysts and CISOs. For CISOs, it reduces the burden of translating technical findings for business reports or board meetings, while providing up-to-date evidence of security posture improvements. For analysts, Key Drivers operates as a personal assistant, automating the complex process of investigating security issues, speeding up triage, and allowing more time to focus on high-value activities.

Industry Perspective

"Residual risk isn't some abstract concept – it's the security gaps hiding in plain sight," adds Jonathan Gill, CEO of Panaseer. "Every time we run an assessment, we uncover the same surprises: incomplete CMDBs, thousands of unprotected endpoints, misconfigured cloud environments with no ownership, and even 'retired' servers that still live on the network. And these gaps never stay the same; what looks safe on Monday can be wide-open by Friday. That's why visibility is everything."

"With Key Drivers, we give security leaders a living, breathing view of their environment – a system of record that allows security teams to spot residual risk the moment it drifts, understand the control failures behind it, and close the gaps before they become tomorrow's headlines."

Key Drivers is the first in a range of products to be released within the Panaseer AI Suite, with further developments planned to enhance AI governance, accelerate cyber risk management and compliance, and reinforce cyber resilience across client organisations.

The product is now available to all Panaseer customers.