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SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC

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SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC 2025-04-29 at 19:01 By Kevin Townsend Athena marks a major leap in SOC automation, enabling real-time detection, triage, and remediation with minimal human oversight. The post SentinelOne’s Purple AI Athena Brings Autonomous Decision-Making to the SOC appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm

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Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm 2025-04-24 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Security teams are drowning in alerts. The sheer volume of threats, suspicious activity, and false positives makes it nearly impossible for analysts to investigate everything effectively. Enter agentic AI, capable of completing hundreds of tasks simultaneously

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Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake

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Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake 2025-04-21 at 17:07 By Ryan Naraine San Francisco startup closes a hefty $75 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures and Mayfield. The post Exaforce Banks Hefty $75 Million for AI-Powered SOC Remake appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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When AI agents go rogue, the fallout hits the enterprise

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When AI agents go rogue, the fallout hits the enterprise 2025-04-17 at 08:45 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Jason Lord, CTO at AutoRABIT, discusses the cybersecurity risks posed by AI agents integrated into real-world systems. Issues like hallucinations, prompt injections, and embedded biases can turn these systems into vulnerable targets. Lord

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Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools

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Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools 2025-04-09 at 20:50 By Ryan Naraine Google plans to unleash automated AI agents into overtaxed SOCs to reduce the manual workload for cybersecurity investigators. The post Google Targets SOC Overload With Automated AI Alert and Malware Analysis Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation

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Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation 2025-04-01 at 15:53 By Eduard Kovacs ReliaQuest has announced a new growth funding round that brings the total raised by the firm to over $830 million. The post Security Operations Firm ReliaQuest Raises $500M at $3.4B Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene

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Spring clean your security data: The case for cybersecurity data hygiene 2025-03-25 at 08:41 By Help Net Security Spring cleaning isn’t just for your closets; security teams should take the same approach to their security operations data, where years of unchecked log growth have created a bloated, inefficient and costly mess. The modern Security Operations

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How AI and automation are reshaping security leadership

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How AI and automation are reshaping security leadership 2025-03-18 at 16:02 By Help Net Security The contemporary SOC is transforming as it starts to realize the benefits of GenAI and utilize the manifestations of autonomous agentic AI, according to Tines. Additionally, the promise of security automation is coming to fruition. In theory and practice, security

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Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents

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Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents 2025-02-06 at 14:04 By Joshua Goldfarb The blame of security incidents may be shared—but the burden of response always falls on the security team. Here’s how to prepare for the inevitable. The post Security Teams Pay the Price: The Unfair Reality of Cyber Incidents

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Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology

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Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology 2025-01-30 at 20:48 By SecurityWeek News Backed by SYN Ventures, Conifers.ai plans to use “agentic AI” technology to tackle complex security operations center (SOC) problems. The post Conifers.ai Scores $25M Investment for Agentic AI SOC Technology appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Resecurity introduces AI-powered GSOC at NATO Edge 2024

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Resecurity introduces AI-powered GSOC at NATO Edge 2024 2024-12-06 at 15:03 By Help Net Security Resecurity, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, unveiled its advanced Government Security Operations Center (GSOC) during NATO Edge 2024, the NATO Communications and Information Agency’s flagship conference. This year’s event, held from December 3 to 5, emphasized emerging technologies in

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Best practices for staying cyber secure during the holidays

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Best practices for staying cyber secure during the holidays 2024-12-03 at 07:07 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Sean Tufts, managing partner for critical infrastructure and operational technology at Optiv, discusses best practices for keeping businesses secure amidst a barrage of threats during the holiday season. Pause large changes in your

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS 2024-11-25 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz The Kali SOC in AWS project enables the deployment of a Security Operations Center (SOC) in AWS, utilizing the Kali Linux toolset for purple team activities. This environment is ideal for honing skills in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and

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Why cyber tools fail SOC teams

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Why cyber tools fail SOC teams 2024-10-31 at 06:34 By Help Net Security A recent Vectra AI report highlights a growing distrust of threat detection tools. 47% of respondents note they do not trust their tools to work the way they need them to. Moreover, 60% of SOC practitioners say security vendors flood them with

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SOC teams are frustrated with their security tools

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SOC teams are frustrated with their security tools 2024-10-07 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Security operations center (SOC) practitioners believe they are losing the battle detecting and prioritizing real threats – due to too many siloed tools and a lack of accurate attack signal, according to Vectra AI. They cite a growing distrust in

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Torq Secures $70M Series C for HyperSOC

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Torq Secures $70M Series C for HyperSOC 2024-09-27 at 21:01 By SecurityWeek News The New York late-stage startup banks $70 million in a new funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The post Torq Secures $70M Series C for HyperSOC appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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Essential metrics for effective security program assessment

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Essential metrics for effective security program assessment 2024-09-19 at 07:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Alex Spivakovsky, VP of Research & Cybersecurity at Pentera, discusses essential metrics for evaluating the success of security programs. Spivakovsky explains how automation and proactive testing can reveal vulnerabilities and improve overall security posture. What are

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Intezer Raises $33M to Extend AI-Powered SOC Platform

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Intezer Raises $33M to Extend AI-Powered SOC Platform 2024-09-17 at 20:17 By Ryan Naraine Intezer is looking to tap into booming market for AI-powered tooling to address the severe shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals. The post Intezer Raises $33M to Extend AI-Powered SOC Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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The role of AI in cybersecurity operations

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The role of AI in cybersecurity operations 2024-08-05 at 08:01 By Help Net Security Security operation centers (SOCs) need to be better equipped to manage the sheer scale of data to monitor and the increasing sophistication of threats. SOC analysts face a daunting task: sifting through thousands of alerts every day – most of which

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From the SOC to Everyday Success: Data-Driven Life Lessons from a Security Analyst

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From the SOC to Everyday Success: Data-Driven Life Lessons from a Security Analyst 2024-07-02 at 14:31 By Joshua Goldfarb By taking a data-driven approach to life, grounded in truth and facts, we can improve our chances of making better decisions and achieving better results. The post From the SOC to Everyday Success: Data-Driven Life Lessons

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