Your AI security analyst
Ansel works 24/7, so you don’t have to. They constantly protect your business from cyber threats, up to 90% faster than any human. No bragging. Just facts.
Experience Ansel in action
Security teams are overwhelmed by a relentless wave of alerts, false positives and evolving threats. Enter Ansel, your AI Security Analyst. They’re built to cut through the noise, automate threat enrichment and accelerate response times.
With advanced intelligence and automation, Ansel works 24/7 to analyse threats, prioritise critical alerts and provide the context security teams need. Freeing up analysts to focus on what truly matters.
The modern security challenge
Cybersecurity teams are under constant pressure. Battling against an overwhelming number of alerts, evolving threats and limited resources. Traditional security operations struggle to keep up, leading to delays, inefficiencies and missed threats.
Analysts are being bombarded with thousands of alerts daily. This leads to analyst burnout, alert fatigue and critical threats being overlooked.
Manual investigation and threat enrichment take too long. This delays response times and leaves security teams without the insights they need to act decisively.
Maintaining a 24/7 security operation requires significant headcount and budget. This makes it difficult for teams to scale without excessive costs.
The result?
What is Ansel & How it Helps?
Ansel is an AI agent. Think of them as a virtual security analyst designed to cut through alert noise, automate threat enrichment and enable rapid, precise responses. They ensure security teams focus on real threats, not false alarms.
Instantly enriches alerts with enterprise-grade insights, giving analysts immediate context.
Uses automation to escalate urgent threats, so your team can respond faster.
Handles repetitive security tasks, freeing up experts to focus on high-value investigations.
Never misses a threat, providing continuous monitoring and response at scale.
Ansel doesn’t just detect threats. They help you act on them faster and more efficiently than ever before.
How Ansel transforms security operations
Ansel isn’t just another security tool. They’re your virtual security analyst that works 24/7 to automate detection, prioritise threats, and accelerate response times. Here’s how Ansel gives your security team the edge.
Watch the demo
Experience how Ansel automates security operations, accelerates response times and supports security teams with AI and automation-led threat management.
In this demo, you’ll see:
- How Ansel triages and prioritises alerts automatically
- Live examples of automated threat enrichment
- How security teams use Ansel to reduce response times by up to 90%
Want a personalised demo? See how Ansel fits your security needs.
See how Ansel delivers results
Ansel isn’t just improving security operations. They are revolutionising them. With AI-powered automation, security teams are saving days of manual effort, eliminating false positives and responding to threats in seconds. Here’s what that looks like in action.
Use case: Faster incident resolution to save security teams time
Days saved per quarter
Use case: Using full automation to eliminate manual work for analysts
Use case: Instant threat notifications for faster customer communication
Average notificaiton time
Use case: Comprehensive threat enrichment for smarter security decisions
From Manual to Automated: CloudGuard Automates 98% of Amazon Filters’ Threat Responses
The automation and proactive threat detection have not only strengthened our security posture but also saved us time and resources. With CloudGuard as our security partner, we feel confident in our ability to navigate the evolving threat landscape and protect our business effectively.
Seamless integration with your security operations
Ansel works behind the scenes to automate and enhance your threat detection and response, integrating effortlessly into your existing security environment. All powered by CloudGuard’s PROTECT Managed XDR service.
Ansel is natively integrated into CloudGuard’s PROTECT Managed XDR platform, meaning no additional setup is required. Just seamless AI-powered security out of the box.
With Ansel fully embedded, your organisation gains instant access to automated threat detection, enrichment and response without disrupting your operations.
Ansel integrates smoothly with your existing security infrastructure to ensure full coverage without the need for costly custom development.
Through the managed XDR service, Ansel works continuously alongside CloudGuard’s expert analysts to provide round-the-clock coverage and human validation when needed.
As your organisation grows, Ansel scales effortlessly. Providing the same high level of protection across an expanding threat landscape without additional resources.
Ansel doesn’t just plug into your security operations. They elevate them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ansel?
Ansel is CloudGuard’s AI security analyst. They work 24/7 inside our PROTECT Managed XDR service to triage alerts, enrich incidents with threat intelligence and speed up response. Ansel is the result of six years of machine learning development, including a model partnership with Queen’s University Belfast. They take on the repetitive work so our expert analysts can focus on the threats that matter.
How does Ansel work with Microsoft Sentinel and my existing security tools?
Ansel is built natively on Microsoft Sentinel, so there is nothing extra to install or configure. If your business already runs on the Microsoft security stack, Ansel works directly with the data and tools you already have. They also integrate with your wider security environment, so you get full coverage without costly custom development.
Does Ansel replace human security analysts?
No. Ansel is AI-powered and human-led. Our analysts provide governance at every step, validating Ansel’s work and taking over complex or high-impact decisions. Every analyst decision also feeds back into Ansel, so they keep getting sharper. You get the speed of automation and the judgement of experienced people.
How much of my security workload can Ansel automate?
Ansel fully automates 67.3% of security tickets on average, cutting resolution time by up to 90% and saving security teams around 18 days of manual work per quarter. For Amazon Filters, CloudGuard automated 98% of threat responses. Only the cases that need human expertise reach an analyst.
How quickly does Ansel respond to threats?
Ansel notifies customers of threats in an average of 1.35 minutes and can process more than 18,500 incidents per second. Every incident is enriched with threat intelligence as it arrives, so the context needed to act is there from the first minute, day or night.
We already use Microsoft Security Copilot. Why do we need Ansel?hy do we need Ansel?
Security Copilot is a powerful tool for your own team to use. Ansel is part of a fully managed service. Rather than giving your team another tool to run, CloudGuard provides the AI and the accredited analysts behind it, monitoring and responding 24/7. Because Ansel is built on the same Microsoft stack, the two work side by side rather than competing.
Who is behind Ansel, and how is CloudGuard accredited?
Ansel is developed and operated by CloudGuard, a CREST-approved and NCSC Assured UK security operations centre. That accreditation, combined with six years of AI development and human oversight on every step, is why CloudGuard has 100% customer retention.
Is Ansel suitable for small and growing businesses?
Yes. Ansel gives SMEs enterprise-grade, 24/7 security operations without the cost of building an in-house SOC or hiring more analysts. As your business grows, Ansel scales with you, providing the same level of protection across a larger environment without extra headcount.
Ready to transform your security operations with Ansel?
See how our AI Security Analyst, Ansel, can revolutionise your security operations. Book a personalised demo and discover how we can help your team respond faster, work smarter and stay ahead of threats 24/7.