Visa Uses AI to Cut Some Cybersecurity Fixes From Weeks to Hours
What's happening
Visa has upgraded its AI cybersecurity framework, the Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness (VVAH), extending the open-source, model-agnostic framework into remediation and validation so organisations can find and fix vulnerabilities faster; Visa says some attack paths can now be resolved in hours rather than weeks. Separately, Visa launched an enhanced A2A Protect account-to-account fraud tool that incorporates technology from Featurespace (acquired December 2024) and adds a unified fraud or risk score, enabling banks to identify risky transfers and stop fraud before funds leave customer accounts via real-time analysis and an API.
Why it's trending
Because Visa is rolling out AI-driven fixes and Featurespace-powered risk scoring that promise much faster remediation and real-time fraud prevention, both directly addressing rising speed and sophistication in cybercrime and scams.
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If Visa can cut some vulnerability fixes from weeks to hours with VVAH, why are many security teams still planning months-long patch cycles?
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- Visa upgrades A2A Protect to stop fraud before money moveselectronicpaymentsinternational.comSep 3
- Visa Unveils System to Detect A2A Fraud Before It Happens
With so much concern over scams in peer-to-peer payments, Visa is introducing an upgraded version of its fraud prevention system that aims to catch criminal transactions in real time. Under the upgraded version of A2A Protect, when a customer initiates a transfer, the bank sends the details to Visa through an API. Before the money […] The post Visa Unveils System to Detect A2A Fraud Before I
PaymentsJournalSep 2 - Visa expands A2A Protect with first Featurespace tool
The upgraded fraud tool adds a unified risk score built on Featurespace technology, Visa’s first combined product since its December 2024 takeover Visa has launched an enhanced version of A2A Protect, its account-to-account fraud tool, adding a unified fraud score built on technology from Featurespace, the AI firm it bought in December 2024. The score […]
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