The untold story of Vehere’s bold vision for AI-first cybersecurity in a connected world.
The past decade has seen a digital surge like no other. From India’s thriving mobile-first economy to the global shift toward cloud-native enterprises, technology now underpins every critical function of business and governance. But this progress has come with a dark shadow: cyberattacks that are multiplying in scale, sophistication, and impact.
In the first quarter of 2025 alone, organizations faced an average of 1,925 cyberattacks per week—a staggering 47% increase from the previous year, according to Check Point Research. Ransomware has surged by 126% globally, with North America accounting for over half of these incidents.
The rise of mobile-first ecosystems has only widened the attack surface. Consider this: according to the Wikipedia page on mobile security by December 2023, 5.4 million mobile cyberattacks per month were being recorded worldwide—a 147% year-over-year increase. Meanwhile, the number of connected devices is skyrocketing. IoT endpoints are projected to nearly double—from 18.8 billion in 2024 to 40 billion by 2030, per —each one a potential entry point for attackers.
Our mission is to deliver deep visibility into network activity, helping organizations detect, investigate, and stop sophisticated threats in real time. With two decades of experience and a global presence, Vehere is bridging the worlds of national security and enterprise cybersecurity.”
Praveen Jaiswal, Founder and COO, Vehere
The consequences are devastating. Global cybercrime costs are forecast to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Deepfake-enabled social engineering adds another layer of risk—51% of security leaders report incidents of executive-targeted attacks leveraging AI-generated impersonations according to reports.
“Cybersecurity is no longer a back-office IT concern—it’s boardroom strategy. In a connected world, the fallout from a single breach doesn’t stay local. It cascades across supply chains, economies, and even national security,” says Praveen Jaiswal, Founder & COO of Vehere.
“Most defenses today remain focused on the perimeter, but the real risk lies in east–west traffic inside the network, where attackers move laterally after bypassing initial controls, using tactics like phishing. Conventional tools rarely provide visibility here, allowing threats to persist undetected. AI and ML are at the core of Vehere’s approach to cyber defense.”
Praveen Jaiswal, Founder and COO, Vehere
The Evolving Role of Cybersecurity
Traditionally, enterprises leaned heavily on firewalls, antivirus software, and endpoint detection. But these tools are increasingly outpaced by modern adversaries. Attackers are exploiting encrypted traffic, lateral east–west movement within networks, and human error with alarming precision.
“Most defenses today remain focused on the perimeter, but the real risk lies inside the network,” explains Naveen Jaiswal, Founder & CTO of Vehere. “Our mission is to deliver deep visibility into network activity so organizations can detect, investigate, and stop sophisticated threats in real time.”
Vehere, founded in 2006, began by building high-performance intelligence systems for governments. Today, it applies that same battlefield-grade insight to enterprises through its AI-powered Network Detection and Response (NDR) platform.
“With ransomware-as-a-service kits and infostealers available for a few dollars, even less-skilled actors can launch highly disruptive campaigns. The result is that enterprises and governments are not just facing advanced state-sponsored groups, but also a flood of opportunistic attackers using readily available, low-cost tools. Vehere addresses this challenge by focusing on early detection and deep visibility.”
Praveen Jaiswal, Founder and COO, Vehere
Seeing the Unseen: Vehere’s Edge in Cyber Defense
The modern battlefield is not only physical—it lives in invisible data streams coursing through fiber optics and mobile networks. The challenge is no longer about stopping intruders at the gate—it is about spotting subtle anomalies hidden in encrypted traffic before they escalate.
This is where Vehere thrives. Its AI Network Security platform functions like an embedded intelligence officer inside an organization’s infrastructure. It inspects every packet, examines patterns in encrypted flows, and flags deviations from normal patterns. The result: ransomware halted before files lock, and rogue IoT devices stopped before they can open a backdoor.
Vehere’s government-focused AI Counter-Terrorism suite extends this capability at national scale—sifting through torrents of communication data in real time to surface risks that could otherwise slip through. Its Dynamic file analysis executes previously unseen malware in a safe environment, enabling zero-day defense, ensuring analysts can preemptively counter threats.
“One of our banking customers faced a sophisticated adversary who was exfiltrating data through encrypted traffic channels in a very low-and-slow manner, deliberately staying below the radar of traditional defenses. While legacy tools registered this activity as normal encrypted traffic, Vehere’s AI-powered Network Detection and Response (NDR) solution flagged subtle anomalies in flow timing, packet behavior, and communication sequences. The security team was able to disrupt the attack before any sensitive data was lost.”
Naveen Jaiswal, Founder and CTO, Vehere
At the core of these capabilities is Vehere’s packet level visibility enriched with Vehere Vision AI intelligence. Comparable to a radar in modern air defense, it scans the digital horizon for faint blips—early signs of compromise invisible to conventional systems.
Banks rely on it to uncover hidden fraud inside encrypted traffic. Manufacturers use it to stop attackers moving laterally across supply chains and Governments deploy it to shield critical infrastructure while balancing scale with privacy.
“We see agentic AI and autonomous security as the natural next step in cyber defense Our focus is on bringing LLMs to the edge, so they can help make sense of complex signals in real time, filter out false positives, and guide analysts toward the threats that matter most. The future of security will be about human–AI collaboration, where autonomous systems handle the heavy lifting of detection and triage, while humans make the strategic decisions.”
Naveen Jaiswal, Founder and CTO, Vehere
AI: A Double-Edged Sword
AI is reshaping cybersecurity on both sides of the battlefield: it strengthens protection, but it also fuels more sophisticated threats. Adversaries are deploying AI to generate polymorphic malware, automate phishing, and craft sophisticated deepfake lures. “We see this as the start of AI vs. AI warfare in cyberspace,” warns Praveen Jaiswal.
Explaining how AI is disrupting cyber security, Praveen says, “From generating polymorphic malware to automating phishing and evasion techniques, AI is being weaponized to outmaneuver traditional defenses. At Vehere, our strategy is twofold: first, using AI-driven behavioral analytics that can spot patterns. For example, anomalies in encrypted traffic or lateral movement hidden in east–west flows. Second, building adaptive defenses that continuously learn from evolving attack techniques, ensuring our models are not static and can be responsive in real time.”
Vehere’s supervised Deep Neural Network (DNN) platform embeds AI/ML at every layer to spot anomalies that human analysts or signature-based systems may miss. Its Entity Behavior Anomaly (EBA) models continuously adapt in real time, learning and evolving with each data flow.
“We are actively working to strengthen ease of deployment and automation at scale for enterprises. We are heavily focused on making our platforms more automated, intuitive, and analyst-friendly, so that our customers get faster time-to-value.”
Naveen Jaiswal, Founder and CTO, Vehere
Praveen cites the example of a global financial institution that was nearly compromised through slow, encrypted data exfiltration. Conventional defenses saw nothing suspicious while Vehere’s AI model picked up subtle irregularities in flow timing and packet behavior, uncovering a hidden command-and-control channel just in time.
“This is not AI as a buzzword,” stresses Naveen. “For us, AI directly translates into protection—spotting what legacy tools overlook and stopping real-world threats before they escalate.”
“Our platform doesn’t just detect anomalies — it provides rich forensic visibility into traffic flows, communications, and patterns of compromise. This enables security teams to rapidly reconstruct incidents, trace attacker movement across east–west traffic, and respond with speed and precision. By combining detection with investigation and response, we help customers reduce dwell time and strengthen resilience against even the most advanced adversaries,” adds Naveen.
Unlike conventional solutions that falter against encryption, Vehere’s encryption-agnostic traffic analysis penetrates secure channels to uncover hidden threats. And by harnessing the power of its hybrid detection stack, it cuts through the noise of false positives, guiding analysts directly to the threats that matter most. This integration of advanced AI models positions Vehere not just as a technology provider, but as a pioneer shaping the future of cyber defense in an AI-driven world.
Winning Digital by Fortifying Cyber Security
Cybersecurity today is at an inflection point. Attacks are no longer confined to isolated systems—they move laterally across hybrid networks, hide inside encrypted traffic, and exploit the speed at which businesses embrace digital transformation. With ransomware damages projected to hit USD 265 billion by 2031 (Cybersecurity Ventures) and 43% of global breaches now traced to cloud or hybrid environments, the urgency to rethink cyber defense has never been greater.
For most enterprises, the challenges are compounded by two hard truths: first, the shortage of skilled cyber analysts, with an estimated shortage of four million security roles worldwide; second, the limitations of legacy tools that drown teams in alerts but miss the stealthier, more sophisticated threats. Add to this a mobile-first, always-connected world, where every device becomes a potential vulnerability, and it’s clear that traditional defense approaches simply don’t measure up.
This is the landscape which Vehere seeks to disrupt—unlike conventional tools that just flag anomalies, Vehere’s platforms empowers enterprises to pivot from detection to packet level forensics in near real time by tracing an adversary’s footsteps, identifying lateral movements, and neutralizing the threat before it spirals into a breach. In effect, Vehere has introduced solutions with deep forensics that only state intelligence agencies could afford.
Vehere’s roots in national defense technology have given it an edge. Its solutions were battle-tested in high-stakes environments where precision and speed were non-negotiable. That same rigor is now embedded in enterprise deployments, giving organizations access to capabilities hardened in the crucible of defense, but tailored for the realities of business.
With a global-first mindset, Vehere solutions are compliant with global regulatory requirements and protocols. It has strong network of local partnerships, and the leadership is spread across the U.S, Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and India. That means the company gets visibility into threats across borders and an understanding of compliance requirements to adapt the technology. It does not simply export the technology but brings its understanding from different markets and the local context to design solutions while operating with global strength.
The company is among the few actively preparing for the quantum era, where encryption could be broken in seconds. Its quantum-safe visibility tools and autonomous AI defense systems empower to protect against today’s threats and be prepared for the battles ahead. By leveraging AI powered analytics, Vehere also cuts through the “alert fatigue” plaguing SOC teams, guiding analysts to focus only on the signals that matter most.
“Our strength lies in combining India’s engineering excellence with global go-to-market expertise,” says Praveen Jaiswal, Co-founder of Vehere. “We’re not just competing with international players—we are defining the next wave of cybersecurity innovation.”
In a market crowded with products promising next-gen security, Vehere stands out because it doesn’t just promise resilience—it builds it into the fabric of enterprise defense. By marrying intelligence-grade technology with real-world enterprise needs, Vehere is continuously innovating to embed resilience in cyber security.
Beyond AI Buzzwords: Vehere’s Distinct Approach
In cybersecurity, AI has become an overused terminology as vendors promise machine learning breakthroughs and revolutionary anomaly detection, even though the results do not match the claims when confronted with real-world threats. The problem is that AI will not work unless it is woven into the heart of security strategy.
Vehere’s approach to security is unique, weaving AI into everything. Says Naveen, “AI and ML are at the core of Vehere’s approach to cyber defense. AI directly translates into protection — spotting what legacy tools overlook and preventing threats before they escalate. What sets us apart are our network forensics and incident response capabilities. Our platform doesn’t just detect anomalies—it provides forensic visibility into traffic flows, communications, and patterns of compromise. This enables security teams to rapidly reconstruct incidents and respond with speed and precision. By combining detection with investigation and response, we help customers reduce time and strengthen resilience against even the most advanced adversaries.”
That difference comes to life in the way Vehere engineers its platform. At its core are deep neural networks that learn continuously, picking up subtle deviations in behavior and the EBA models which adapt dynamically to evolving device activities.
Vehere’s encryption-agnostic traffic analysis offers visibility into secure channels to expose attackers using encryption to cover malware and lateral movements. To cut through the fog of endless alerts Vehere integrates adaptive machine learning with packet level forensics, that act like an intelligent filter, directing analysts to the small number of incidents that matter most.
The company’s technology empowers teams to detect and reconstruct incidents in detail and shut down attacks with surgical precision. That capability is built on years of deep work with government and intelligence agencies, where technologies refined for national defense have been seamlessly adapted to meet the complex needs of enterprises.
The Road Ahead: Cybersecurity as Strategic Resilience
Cyber threats today are existential, not incidental. In 2025, the average cost of a U.S. data breach reached $5.18 million, while downtime costs soared to $21,250 per minute. For businesses and governments alike, the stakes in cybersecurity has increased becoming synonymous with resilience—a matter of preserving trust, continuity, and national stability.
Vehere’s mandate is clear—it seeks to weld intelligence-grade visibility with adaptive AI and work as a strategic partner in safeguarding the future, rather than just a technology vendor. And so, as the digital battlefield shifts into an era of AI vs. AI, Vehere is working systematically to empower defenders with speed, foresight, and precision to see first, act fast, and protect what matters most.