Trend Micro combines AI, human insight, and partnerships to outsmart zero-day threats

SHARDA TICKOO
COUNTRY MANAGER - INDIA & SAARC, TREND MICRO

Advanced threats, such as zero-day attacks, require equally sophisticated defense strategies. Zero-day vulnerabilities exploit unknown flaws with no available patches, giving attackers a critical window to compromise systems. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) acts as an early warning system, leveraging a global network of security researchers to identify vulnerabilities and coordinate with vendors for rapid patching. This intelligence feeds directly into Trend Vision One, our AI-powered unified cybersecurity platform, which continuously analyzes billions of security events, detects exploitation patterns, correlates indicators across multiple attack vectors, identifies patient zero, and traces full attack chains within minutes, enabling proactive defense rather than reactive mitigation.

Balancing AI-driven cybersecurity with privacy, ethics, and compliance is foundational. Explainable AI (XAI) ensures every detection or recommendation includes auditable logic trails, supporting regulatory adherence and analyst accountability. Human-AI collaboration allows security teams to trace, validate, and refine AI decisions, reducing alert fatigue while preserving sensitive data and creating a feedback loop that reinforces expertise. Building a resilient AI-enabled ecosystem requires strategic partnerships across technology, standards, public-private initiatives, and research communities. Collaborations with NVIDIA enable GPU-accelerated detection, while alignment with OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, and Cloud Security Alliance ensures ethical, regulatory-compliant frameworks. ZDI connects global researchers to neutralize vulnerabilities pre-emptively. Moreover, transparency and trust are reinforced through Sovereign Private Cloud deployments, human-readable AI reasoning, hands-on demos, and open collaboration with partners, enabling continuous refinement of AI performance and accountable cybersecurity for stakeholders and end users.