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It is slowly becoming a tradition for partners of Horizon3.ai to meet in Mallorca in September. As one of the first partners, we couldn’t miss out on being there. There was a lot to see, and you can learn about some of the new features and upcoming developments in this article.
After arriving on Wednesday, those who arrived early and are not afraid of sports could take part in an e-bike trip. At five o’clock, the opening party began with a short speech by Peter Carfrae. He masterfully dealt with the challenge of a randomly dropping microphone, and then everyone just talked long into the night.
Horizon3.ai is full of war veterans, which is probably why the next day started relatively early, at 8:30 a.m. After Peter’s introductory welcome, Marc Inderhees talked about what awaited us. He was followed by Horizon3.ai CEO Snehal Antani, who presented very positive figures regarding the growth not only of the European part of Horizon3.ai, but also of its customer base and the number of pentests performed.
Some new features that have recently appeared in the product were presented, such as the EDR test and MCP server, as well as planned features such as closer integration with CMDB in ServiceNow and an AI assistant for selecting and searching sensitive files. He also presented a very interesting feature that will likely be available by the end of this year, but we will wait for its official announcement.
Other interesting lectures include the concept of the 7 stages of customer maturity, where Horizon3.ai describes how individual activities are linked and why. The use case of NodeZero for supply chain control is proving to be very interesting. Attacks through this channel have recently proven to be very critical.
Another significant point mentioned was speed—NodeZero can hack networks very quickly, and skilled attackers who use AI will likely be able to do the same. Without advanced automation and the adoption of AI tools that can respond to incidents within seconds, many institutions will soon become easy targets. A user clicks on the wrong link, the administrator returns from their coffee break, and it’s done. Attackers use AI, so defenders must too.
In the evening, there was a gala dinner with the announcement of the partners of the year in individual areas and many discussions. Before dinner, I had the opportunity to talk to the CEO, Snehal, for about 20 minutes on the terrace with several other people and get his view not only on further developments in cybersecurity, but also on the current geopolitical reality in Central and Eastern Europe. I am looking forward to next year and hope that we will once again be able to make significant progress in the area of security.
