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From Data Chaos to AI-Powered Insights: Introducing AI Canvas

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Blog authored by Suhas Reddy Inturi

Every day, network security professionals face a daunting challenge: an explosion of data. This isn’t a new problem, but the sheer volume, velocity, and fragmentation of modern security data has made traditional, static dashboards and manual troubleshooting critically insufficient. For example, a large global hotel chain spends nearly a full workday each week assembling basic security and network reports. This involves pulling logs from different sources, reconciling schema differences, and manually stitching charts into a single report. That adds up to roughly 52 days lost per year for just one team, time that could instead be spent on proactively securing the network.

This is where AI Canvas comes in.

Introducing AI Canvas: A Security-Native Thinking Surface

AI Canvas is a next-generation, no-code data exploration platform that harnesses the power of AI to transform how you interact with your network & security data. It’s an intelligent, collaborative workspace that turns your questions, asked in natural language, into insights, empowering you to move from reactive, manual effort to proactive, AI-assisted security.

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The true magic of AI Canvas lies in its ability to understand you and your data.

Here are 3 main AI Canvas features:

Natural Language Query (NLQ) for Instant Insights: AI Canvas eliminates the need for complex, technical query languages. Instead, it uses a sophisticated AI engine to understand your questions in plain English. You can simply ask, “Show me all threats blocked in the last 7 days by region and policy rule,” and the AI will instantly generate the visualizations you need. It’s like having a security data analyst who can deliver the exact reports you need on demand.
Security-Native Intelligence: Unlike generic BI tools, AI Canvas is purpose-built for the world of network and cloud security. Its AI engine understands the context of your data, from policy rules and user groups to log structures. This means it can surface meaningful insights and connections that other tools miss.
Automated Canvas Generation: The AI doesn’t just answer questions; it anticipates them. With a single prompt, the platform can generate a complete, customizable canvas with multiple relevant visualizations. This accelerates investigations from hours to minutes, giving you a powerful starting point for any analysis. You can also generate reports from these canvases, then share, download, or schedule them.

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Real-World Value: Putting Time Back in Your Day

By leveraging AI, AI Canvas helps you shift from manual work to strategic thinking.

On-Demand Threat Insights: Imagine a senior administrator who used to spend hours manually exporting logs and correlating data in third-party tools. With AI Canvas, that same person can now fulfill a CIO's request for a complete threat breakdown in minutes, not days, simply by asking the right questions.
Proactive Rule Analysis: Before AI Canvas, administrators had to wait for user complaints to know if a policy change caused a problem. Now, they can use AI to compare network traffic activity before and after a change, proactively validating its impact and preventing outages.

Pricing & Availability

We are excited to announce that AI Canvas is a premium feature included with Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) Pro. This offering provides you with full and unrestricted access to all of its capabilities, including unlimited custom canvases and widgets.

AI Canvas is a major step forward in how you can interact with your network security data. It’s more than just a new interface; it’s a new way of working.