Cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies said on Tuesday it launched Agentic Exposure Validation for Exposure Management, or AEV, to help defenders respond on equal footing to AI-based attackers. The company said AEV uses AI agents that reason like attackers across an organisation’s environment, correlating exposure data, asset context, real-time exploit validation results, threat intelligence and protection coverage to determine whether exposed vulnerabilities can actually be exploited. It follows a verification loop rather than relying on static severity scores.

Concerns are growing that cyber attackers could misuse increasingly advanced AI. AI model developers are moving to provide new models on a limited basis to selected companies, including security firms, to help prepare for cyber attacks. Anthropic launched Project Glasswing to let chosen companies use its Claude Mythos Preview for security purposes and said rivals, including OpenAI, could join. OpenAI also plans restricted early access for a security-focused model.