Visa expands cybersecurity services as AI speeds up cyber threats

Nicosia, Cyprus. Artificial intelligence is accelerating cyber attacks and the discovery of cybersecurity risks, giving organisations less time to respond, Visa Cyprus country manager Michael Ioannides said.

Expanded cybersecurity services

Visa has announced enhancements to its cybersecurity portfolio aimed at helping organisations identify and address vulnerabilities more effectively.

Ioannides said the company’s upgraded cybersecurity advisory services combine findings from Project Glasswing, VVAH’s open-source tools and Visa’s payments expertise in Europe.

He said the services are intended to help organisations focus on critical risks, strengthen response capabilities and improve resilience amid an evolving threat environment shaped by artificial intelligence.

VVAH framework

Visa is introducing the next evolution of the Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness, or VVAH, an open-source, model-agnostic framework.

The framework is designed to reduce Mean Time to Adapt, the period between the discovery and resolution of attack paths. According to Visa, some resolution times can be reduced from weeks to hours.

Advisory practice

Visa is also expanding its Visa Consulting & Analytics Cybersecurity Advisory Practice with services intended to help clients assess risk, prioritise remediation and strengthen resilience.

Visa President of Technology Rajat Taneja said artificial intelligence is shortening the time between the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, requiring faster and more reliable action by defenders.

He said the expansion of VVAH and Visa’s advisory capabilities would help organisations move from insight to validated remediation while strengthening resilience in an increasingly AI-driven threat environment.