AI assistance delivers gains for SOC analysts

Security Operations Centers are inundated with thousands of alerts each day, most of which are false positives or low-severity issues. This flood of noise leads to alert fatigue, forcing SOC analysts to waste valuable time on false alarms instead of focusing on genuine threats. A new study from Dropzone AI looking at SOC analyst performance across 148 security analysts shows that AI can improve effectiveness. AI assisted investigations were 22–29 percent more accurate than those in the unassisted control group.  “These results indicate that AI-driven investigation platforms enhance speed and accuracy to provide immediate operational value,” says Hillary Baron, associate… [Continue Reading]