SET will strengthen AFC Bournemouth ’ s defences for another Premier League season .

AFC Bournemouth is among the many clubs expanding its digital footprint to enhance the experiences of both fans and players .

Recognising the risks associated with digital expansion , the club has leveraged the cybersecurity expertise of ESET .

ESET brings significant industry experience , including its role as IT security partner of Borussia Dortmund .

AFC Bournemouth will utilise ESET ’ s ‘ PROTECT Elite ’ package with ‘ Detection and Response Ultimate ’ services for 350 devices , ensuring the safety of players , fans and the club ’ s multi-million-pound new training ground .

Armed with ESET ’ s threat intelligence team and innovative technology , the club will benefit from ‘ proactive 24 / 7 expert-led threat hunting and response .

This partnership is an extension of an already established five-year relationship between ESET and AFC Bournemouth .

Stefan du Plooy , Head of IT at AFC Bournemouth , said : “ AFC Bournemouth is at a very exciting point in its history .

“ This season is going to represent a new era for the club as years of investment pay off and we open our brand-new training ground .

“ Working alongside expert partners like ESET to ensure these investments are kept secure is crucial , not only for the club but our players and fans on an individual level too .

“ We are thrilled to be strengthening our relationship with ESET by deploying its innovative technology and working alongside its team of cybersecurity experts .”

rowdStrike has announced it is providing additional safeguards for NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints with the

AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform to help developers securely leverage open-source foundational models and accelerate Generative AI innovation .

Building enterprise Generative AI applications is a complex , multistep process . Enterprises need blueprints for standard Generative AI workflows – including customer service chatbots , retrievalaugmented generation and drug discovery – to streamline the development process . The security of these models and underlying data is critical to ensuring the performance and integrity of Generative AI applications .

revolution ,” said Daniel Bernard , Chief Business Officer , CrowdStrike . “ We continue to innovate alongside NVIDIA , providing enterprises with the essential tools they need to supercharge generative AI development , utility and security .”

“ Security is fundamental to creating enterprise-grade Generative AI applications ,” said Justin Boitano , Vice President of Enterprise AI Software Products , NVIDIA . “ With NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints supported on CrowdStrike , companies can build applications for core Generative AI use cases that align with business security requirements .”

NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints are reference applications that leverage NVIDIA NIM microservices and the NVIDIA NeMo platform , all part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software stack . By adding support for NIM Agent Blueprints , CrowdStrike is enabling enterprises to develop customised Generative AI applications securely and efficiently , using the latest open-source foundational models available with NVIDIA NIM .

“ CrowdStrike pioneered AI-native cybersecurity and is at the epicenter of securing the AI systems that are driving the Generative AI

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