IBM Watson: Regular A.I. by day, cybercrime fighter by night

IBM Watson is an artificial intelligence of many talents. 

It can win Jeopardy!, help find treatment for cancer patients -- and now it can find cyberthreats. That's right, Watson is becoming a cybersecurity expert. So how has IBM helped Watson change hats?

In IT Blogwatch, this reminds us of something.

So what is going on? Alison DeNisco has some background:

IBM Watson has a new job: Cybersecurity specialist. At the RSA Conference...IBM announced the availability of Watson for Cyber Security, with the aim of assisting cybersecurity professionals with threat assessment and mitigation...The company said it is the industry's first augmented intelligence technology with the ability to power cognitive security operations centers (SOCs).

But what need does Watson fill here? Ian Barker has those details:

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