Dubai, United Arab Emirates – OPSWAT, a global leader in critical infrastructure protection (CIP) cybersecurity solutions, announced OPSWAT Predictive Alin AI, the first proprietary AI-based threat detection engine for the MetaDefender™ platform.
This AI-based innovation introduces a new category of functionality within the MetaDefender platform. It is a highly reliable predictive layer that works in conjunction with existing detection and prevention engines to assess malicious intent before it is executed, improving overall platform efficiency. This enables organizations to take immediate action while minimizing the operational impact of false positives.
“At OPSWAT, we have always believed that security begins with prevention, and the premise is that all files are malicious. The Predictive Alin AI Engine was not built to replace security teams. It was built to make security teams more effective and efficient,” said Benny Czarny, Founder and CEO of OPSWAT. “By delivering pre-execution, pre-explosion machine learning decisions in milliseconds, we cut through the noise and eliminate the hesitancy that causes the most damage to organizations. Our AI-native capabilities give security teams the confidence and clarity they need to act with confidence, turning smarter detections into stronger decisions at the speed enterprises demand.”
Accuracy first AI built for real-world operations
OPSWAT Predictive Alin AI is a machine learning-based static analysis engine that evaluates file structure, entropy patterns, and semantic relationships to predict whether a file will behave maliciously, without relying solely on signatures or runtime execution. It delivers sub-100ms inference for most files, uses low memory, and performs equally well for online and offline deployments.
OPSWAT evaluated Predictive Alin AI in an internal effectiveness analysis and demonstrated that:
- It has a 99.99% accuracy in identifying safe files and has been validated over months of production traffic testing to minimize noise and false positives. In cases of uncertainty, the MetaDefender™ platform triggers additional workflows and data processing to further evaluate the data and automatically strengthen the defense-in-depth concept.
- When added to a multi-engine deployment, it provides a measurable increase in overall efficiency.
The results confirm that Predictive Alin AI currently performs best as a decision-making trust layer within multi-engine architectures, especially in environments where false positives can disrupt operations, block critical workflows, or trigger costly response actions.
“Raw detection rate does not equate to operational value,” said Yiyi Miao, chief product officer at OPSWAT. “Predictive Alin AI was precisely designed and evaluated with that primary purpose in mind: once it is activated, customers can have a high degree of confidence in its judgment, which is exactly what many enterprise environments need.”
Availability and platform integration
Predictive Alin AI adds unique predictive capabilities to MetaDefender’s existing Metascan™ multiscan, Deep CDR™, and adaptive sandbox technologies. It was developed entirely in-house by OPSWAT’s data science and research and development team and trained on a curated privacy-secure dataset from MetaDefender Aether telemetry, OPSWAT Threat Intelligence, and Unit 515 research. The model is continuously refined using correlated feedback across the OPSWAT ecosystem.
The engine is already being deployed in customer environments around the world, particularly in the defence, government, manufacturing and energy sectors operating under strict regulatory and connectivity constraints. Predictive Alin AI is currently available via MetaDefender Core™ and MetaDefender Cloud™ for Windows and Linux.
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About Opswat
For more than 20 years, OPSWAT has been protecting the world’s most critical infrastructure across IT, OT, ICS, cloud, and cross-domain environments. Trusted by governments, industrial operators, and Fortune 500 companies around the world, OPSWAT provides a prevention-first cybersecurity platform built for environments where availability, safety, and compliance are non-negotiable.
OPSWAT’s MetaDefender platform includes more than 20 integrated products designed to protect various segments of critical networks, from endpoint and file security to secure patch management, one-way security gateways, cross-domain solutions, secure data transfer, and advanced threat protection. The platform combines Deep CDR™ technology, adaptive sandboxing, Alin AI-driven analytics, and deterministic data flow control in an integrated architecture specifically designed for operational technology and regulatory environments.
Based on the philosophy of “Trust no file. Trust no device.™,” OPSWAT prevents known, unknown, and AI-generated threats, zero-day attacks, and supply chain risks before they disrupt operations. The company is also investing in a global cybersecurity education and certification program to strengthen IT and OT security expertise around the world through the OPSWAT Academy. For more information, please visit www.opswat.com.
