Absolute Software Announces Innovative Cyber Resilience with Agent-based AI to Help Combat $400 Billion Annual Downtime Losses
Absolute Software has announced plans to integrate agent-based AI capabilities into its Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform. This integration aims to significantly reduce recovery times from weeks to minutes for disruptions caused by cyberattacks and large-scale software failures, helping enterprises strengthen their cyber resilience against the over $400 billion annual economic loss from downtime.
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Enabling CISOs to reduce recovery time from weeks to minutes, preventing significant financial losses for organizations.
Supporting drastic reduction in recovery time and strengthening business continuity against sophisticated cyber threats evolving with AI and challenges like IT environment complexity and lack of visibility.
Absolute Software (Hereinafter, Absolute), a leader in the corporate cyber resilience field, has announced plans to integrate agent-based AI capabilities (AI technology that autonomously makes decisions and acts) into the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform. Through this integration, Absolute will advance its mission to enhance resilience and support rapid recovery from destructive cyberattacks and large-scale software failures, which cause over $400 billion in losses to the global economy annually (*1).
A recent survey of 750 CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) revealed that it takes an average of 14 days to recover from business interruptions caused by cyberattacks, ransomware, and software failures. Furthermore, the cost of downtime can reach up to $2 million per hour (*2), and a two-week incident could lead to losses of over $670 million.
Absolute's AI-driven platform helps to suppress downtime to a matter of minutes, even in the face of AI-powered cyberattacks, advanced threats, and complex IT environments, contributing to the avoidance of severe financial losses. The introduction of agent-based AI capabilities will enhance the decision-making and response capabilities of security executives and CFOs (Chief Financial Officers), enabling them to proactively address future business and security challenges.
John Herrema, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Absolute, stated:
"Downtime inflicts a staggering loss of nearly $400 billion on the global economy each year. Companies need to evolve their cybersecurity strategies beyond mere threat detection and prevention. Cyber resilience powered by agent-based AI helps optimize endpoint security, providing a foundation for businesses to maintain operations and protect their revenue."
*1: "The Hidden Costs of Downtime: The $400B problem facing the Global 2000" - Oxford Economics, co-authored with Splunk, 2024.
*2: New Relic Study, "New Relic Study Reveals Businesses Face an Annual Median Cost of $76 Million from High-Impact IT Outages," 2025.
【About Absolute Software】
Absolute Software collaborates with over 28 of the world's leading PC manufacturers and is embedded in the firmware of over 600 million devices. It is trusted by thousands of customers worldwide and deployed on 16 million PC user endpoints. By integrating the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform, digital enterprises can ensure secure, uninterrupted connectivity from anywhere in the world during remote and hybrid work, and can quickly recover their business even after a cyberattack or interruption. For more information, please visit http://www.absolute.com/ja/. Also, follow us on LinkedIn.
【Inquiries regarding this press release】
Absolute Software K.K. PR Office, within Swallow Media
TEL: 03-4405-9537
Email: Absolute-pr@swallowmedia.co.jp
© 2026 Absolute Software Corporation. All rights reserved. ABSOLUTE, the ABSOLUTE logo, and NETMOTION are registered trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names or logos mentioned herein may be trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation or their respective owners. The absence of ™ and ® on any trademark in this document does not constitute a waiver of ownership of the related trademark.
Supporting drastic reduction in recovery time and strengthening business continuity against sophisticated cyber threats evolving with AI and challenges like IT environment complexity and lack of visibility.
Absolute Software (Hereinafter, Absolute), a leader in the corporate cyber resilience field, has announced plans to integrate agent-based AI capabilities (AI technology that autonomously makes decisions and acts) into the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform. Through this integration, Absolute will advance its mission to enhance resilience and support rapid recovery from destructive cyberattacks and large-scale software failures, which cause over $400 billion in losses to the global economy annually (*1).
A recent survey of 750 CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) revealed that it takes an average of 14 days to recover from business interruptions caused by cyberattacks, ransomware, and software failures. Furthermore, the cost of downtime can reach up to $2 million per hour (*2), and a two-week incident could lead to losses of over $670 million.
Absolute's AI-driven platform helps to suppress downtime to a matter of minutes, even in the face of AI-powered cyberattacks, advanced threats, and complex IT environments, contributing to the avoidance of severe financial losses. The introduction of agent-based AI capabilities will enhance the decision-making and response capabilities of security executives and CFOs (Chief Financial Officers), enabling them to proactively address future business and security challenges.
John Herrema, Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Absolute, stated:
"Downtime inflicts a staggering loss of nearly $400 billion on the global economy each year. Companies need to evolve their cybersecurity strategies beyond mere threat detection and prevention. Cyber resilience powered by agent-based AI helps optimize endpoint security, providing a foundation for businesses to maintain operations and protect their revenue."
*1: "The Hidden Costs of Downtime: The $400B problem facing the Global 2000" - Oxford Economics, co-authored with Splunk, 2024.
*2: New Relic Study, "New Relic Study Reveals Businesses Face an Annual Median Cost of $76 Million from High-Impact IT Outages," 2025.
【About Absolute Software】
Absolute Software collaborates with over 28 of the world's leading PC manufacturers and is embedded in the firmware of over 600 million devices. It is trusted by thousands of customers worldwide and deployed on 16 million PC user endpoints. By integrating the Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform, digital enterprises can ensure secure, uninterrupted connectivity from anywhere in the world during remote and hybrid work, and can quickly recover their business even after a cyberattack or interruption. For more information, please visit http://www.absolute.com/ja/. Also, follow us on LinkedIn.
【Inquiries regarding this press release】
Absolute Software K.K. PR Office, within Swallow Media
TEL: 03-4405-9537
Email: Absolute-pr@swallowmedia.co.jp
© 2026 Absolute Software Corporation. All rights reserved. ABSOLUTE, the ABSOLUTE logo, and NETMOTION are registered trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names or logos mentioned herein may be trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation or their respective owners. The absence of ™ and ® on any trademark in this document does not constitute a waiver of ownership of the related trademark.