New Stairwell Capabilities Fuse GenAI with Deep Proprietary Data to Detect Zero-Day Malware Threats and Cut Alert Triage from Hours to Seconds

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stairwell, a company redefining cybersecurity as a data search problem, today announced Stairwell Intelligent Analysis (SIA)–a new capability that turns alert overload into actionable answers in seconds. Every file has a story and Stairwell Intelligent Analysis (SIA) reads it with unmatched depth, combining GenAI capabilities with one of the industry’s richest proprietary threat intelligence inventories containing over 1 billion malware samples, 2+ trillion DNS records, and hundreds of millions of YARA rule matches.

It’s not just AI — it’s AI powered by real data at scale. SIA delivers actionable answers fast, helping your SOC triage threats with speed and clarity — no sandboxing, no reverse engineering, no guesswork. Want to see it in action? Drop in a file and watch Stairwell SIA do the rest – Experience a free trial now at stairwell.com.

The Security Alert Fatigue Problem

Security teams aren’t short on dedication–they’re short on time. Many SOCs face more than 11,000 alerts a day, but lack the tools and context needed to prioritize what’s real. It can take days to confirm whether a file is malicious, and weeks to understand if that file or its variants ever existed across an organization’s environment. The outcome is as predictable as it is dangerous: wasted time, missed threats, and burned-out analysts.

Stairwell Intelligent Analysis Delivers Alert Triage, Done Right

Stairwell Intelligent Analysis changes the game. Powered by Stairwell’s platform, SIA goes beyond log data to analyze the files themselves which are the source of the alert. It draws on Stairwell’s unmatched inventory of threat intelligence.

“Every alert is a question about a file’s intent and history. SIA delivers the answers instantly, allowing security teams to move faster, make better decisions, and know they’re not missing what matters,” said Mike Wiacek, founder and CEO of Stairwell. “Stairwell is cutting through the noise to confirm what’s benign, flag what’s suspicious, and uncover the never-before-seen, including AI-generated malware designed to evade traditional defenses.”

Where most tools ask, “Does this file match something we already know to be bad?” Stairwell asks the better question: “What can this file do?” That shift in mindset is what enables SIA to deliver answers in seconds.

Key Advantages SIA Brings to Security Teams:

• Triage alerts in seconds. Fight alert fatigue. What used to take days, now takes seconds. Identify false positives instantly. Stairwell triages thousands of alerts every hour so you don’t miss a beat.
• Identify and analyze novel malware, including AI-generated. Stairwell helps you identify and analyze never-before seen malware that’s evading your existing tools.
• Enrich every alert. Stairwell’s AI extends beyond log analysis to digest the raw files that actually trigger the alert and leverages proprietary threat intelligence to provide unparalleled analysis.

Want to learn more?

• Take Stairwell Intelligent Analysis for a test drive: Upload a file for analysis at stairwell.com
• Watch a live demo
• Download the ebook

About Stairwell

Stairwell gives organizations the confidence to know when and where malware has ever been on their systems. We take a data search approach to security: collecting, storing, and continuously reassessing every executable file and indicator of compromise—across all time, at massive scale. Stairwell was founded in 2019 by Mike Wiacek, the founder of both Google Threat Analysis Group and Alphabet’s Chronicle. Stairwell brings the ease, scale, and speed of web search to modern security.