US Air Force Airmen with the 67th Cyberspace Wing’s 367th Cyberspace Operations Squadron prepare for daily mission tasks at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 31, 2025.
US Air Force Airmen with the 67th Cyberspace Wing’s 367th Cyberspace Operations Squadron prepare for daily mission tasks at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 31, 2025. Photo: Jantzen Floate/DVIDS

The US Air Force is bringing AI into the fight against cyber threats, selecting New Mexico-based Crogl to help its cyber teams defend a network serving more than 700,000 users.

Crogl’s AI system helps cybersecurity analysts analyze data from multiple security tools, identify threats, and reconstruct attack timelines faster.

It can investigate security alerts across the air force’s existing cybersecurity infrastructure, connecting data from sources such as network systems, endpoint security platforms, and data lakes.

Crogl’s AI platform analyzes security alerts and investigates potential threats across an organization’s existing cybersecurity tools.
Crogl’s AI platform analyzes security alerts and investigates potential threats across an organization’s existing cybersecurity tools. Image: Crogl

The platform can carry out much of the investigation autonomously, while human analysts remain responsible for deciding how to respond.

“This partnership confirms that Crogl serves customers with the hardest security missions, and it puts humans in control,” said Crogl chief executive and founder Monzy Merza.

It can also run on-premises or in air-gapped environments, allowing it to operate on networks that cannot connect to external systems.

The technology will support the Air Force’s Artificial Intelligence–Enterprise Enabled Security Operations Center program and the 33rd Cyberspace Operations Squadron, which helps defend the Department of the Air Force Information Network.

Crogl was selected from more than 50 proposals for the program, which is aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence across the air force’s cyber operations.

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