As IBM highlights, existing FlashSystem products already scan all incoming data as it is being written, without impacting performance. The new AI-enhanced FlashCore Module 4 (FCM) is...

Am I too pessimistic about this? Today it can detect ransomware, the next day could be malware, and the day after can be any file.

It’s just a data filter that’s build in to a hardware and possibly no way to trun off. Last thing I want is a black box watching what I stored on my drive.

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
      101·
      10 months ago

      Just to play devil’s advocate here: if that system can scan better than current systems, it’s already a win. If that system can scan more efficiently than current systems, even with false positives, that could be a win, if used as a screening layer.

      There could be use cases for this, or it’s just buzzwords and marketing.

      • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        This doesn’t sound any different than what most host based AV already do. The novel idea is implementing it in on the storage array directly in a way that doesn’t hose performance. That means instead of needing 100% coverage of all clients to detect/ prevent ransomware encrypting your network storage, the storage array can detect it and presumably reject the compromised client.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      No change then. Every time I’ve uploaded new encrypted (most) data to one drive, it’s emailed me about potential ransomware.

  • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
    91·
    10 months ago

    Color me skeptical on this one. Quarantining files isn’t a case where I want AI’s tendency to make shit up when confused.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    10 months ago

    I only want open source file scanning, otherwise it is certainly also scanning for pirated files, illegal files, etc, and reporting them to the government without my consent.

  • warmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    IBM Watson AI

    Warning, User. Ransomware has been detected!

    Choose corrective action: Delete data or pay the scammer?

    • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

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  • mspencer712@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Yeah a bit. IBM QRadar is alright. I’m confident there’s something real (and real expensive) underneath the buzzword salad in that article.