{"id":213330,"date":"2026-05-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/openai-launches-daybreak-to-combat-cyber-threats-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:15:06","slug":"openai-launches-daybreak-to-combat-cyber-threats-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/openai-launches-daybreak-to-combat-cyber-threats-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI launches Daybreak to combat cyber threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI launches Daybreak to combat cyber threats<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/OpenAI-Daybreak-cyber-threats\/820122\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-13 14:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

Dive Brief:<\/p>\n

OpenAI on Monday launched a new cybersecurity initiative called Daybreak, which uses its large language models, Codex\u2019s agentic capabilities and security partners to root out risk and call defense into action. The rollout is OpenAI\u2019s answer to Anthropic\u2019s Mythos model which debuted to limited preview last month and has highlighted weak security spots in software across various industries.\u00a0
\nLike with Anthropic\u2019s Project Glasswing, which sought tech vendors to support Mythos, OpenAI will work with industry and government partners to deploy cyber-capable models that are meant to build autonomous cyber defense capabilities into software from the start. Cloudflare, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Oracle and Zscaler are among a group of companies already using the technology, OpenAI said. Unlike Mythos, Daybreak is publicly available, and companies can request an assessment of their security risks.
\nAs AI providers compete for their share of the enterprise market with cybersecurity tools, tech leaders should experiment with all of their options, said Jeff Pollard, VP, principal analyst at Forrester, in an email to CIO Dive. \u201cTake someone with responsibility for innovation in tech and cybersecurity and have them play with these capabilities to see what they offer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dive Insight:
\nAnthropic\u2019s Mythos put the SaaS world on pause last month as a preview of the technology revealed major existing vulnerabilities in the world\u2019s software infrastructure. It raises a growing concern about how AI is accessing information and how capable companies are in defending against risk.\u00a0
\n\u201cWhat we know is that AI can help solve problems, and the lag time between finding, developing fixes and deploying fixes takes way too long,\u201d Pollard said. \u201cEspecially when adversaries use AI to scale attacks. This is a way to use AI to help on that front.\u201d
\nDaybreak is meant to work in three stages, OpenAI said. First, it prioritizes high-impact threats with AI reasoning and token usage; then, it generates and tests risks directly within an enterprise with scoped access, monitoring and review. The final stage involves sending audit-ready evidence to help enterprises track, validate and remedy the vulnerability.\u00a0
\nOpenAI\u2019s Daybreak competes more directly with application security, posture management and AI-enabled application security testing capabilities, said John Watts, VP analyst at Gartner, in an email to CIO Dive.
\n\u201cWe believe that it will complement usage of these tools rather than fully replace them,\u201d Watts said. \u201cOrganizations must deploy resources across the entire remediation kill chain, including patch testing, deployment and roll-back, to reduce impact to operations when patching rather than solely on [application security agent] Codex Security.\u201d
\nFor enterprise tech leaders, it\u2019s time to reevaluate security tech portfolios and consider what the AI providers are offering in comparison with legacy cybersecurity vendors, Pollard said.\u00a0
\nHe added that it\u2019s important to remember that AI companies need people to consume their products, buy subscriptions and use tokens.\u00a0
\n\u201cThis is one way to accomplish that,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the simultaneous announcements of consulting firms for enablement shows that AI companies want to do the AI, not the enablement work that comes along with it.\u201d
\nOpenAI launched a standalone consulting business on Monday to provide organizations with AI adoption assistance and to send teams of forward-deployed engineers into the field and deepen its bench of AI talent via acquisitions. Last week, Anthropic launched its own enterprise AI services company with a slate of private equity companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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