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·
      8 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·
        8 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·
      8 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·
    8 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·
    8 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·
    8 months ago

    IBM Watson AI

    Warning, User. Ransomware has been detected!

    Choose corrective action: Delete data or pay the scammer?

    • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

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  • mspencer712@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    8 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.