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The AI SOC Moves Into Production, and Practitioners Want Hands on the Keyboard | A Recap at Black Hat USA 2026 with Bill Peterson, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Sumo Logic | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli
A week on the Black Hat USA 2026 show floor left Bill Peterson with three things he keeps coming back to, and the first is that the AI SOC has crossed from concept into production. The other two explain why practitioners are reaching for the keyboard and why vendor roadmaps now run in months instead of years.
SOC Teams Are Building Their Own Agents, and the Data Sets the Ceiling | A Recap at Black Hat USA 2026 with Brian Dye, Chief Executive Officer at Corelight | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli
A year ago, security teams liked the idea of AI in the SOC and kept it at arm's length. Recorded on location at Black Hat USA 2026, this conversation covers what changed, and why the data going into an agentic workflow now decides how far it can go.
Network Evidence, AI Triage, and Leaving People Better Than They Arrived | A Full Sponsor Brand Briefing at Black Hat USA 2026 with James Pope, Sr Dir of Security Product Research and Technical Marketing Engineering at Corelight | Hosted by Sean and Marco
Black Hat builds a full enterprise network from nothing, defends it for four days, and sends some attendees home with a cleaner machine than the one they arrived with. James Pope explains how the NOC decides what counts as an attack when most of the traffic on the network is supposed to look like one.
Customer Zero at Exabyte Scale | A Full Sponsor Brand Briefing at Black Hat USA 2026 with Jeremy Powell, CISO of Sumo Logic | Hosted by Sean Martin
Seven exabytes a day, 100 percent first level triage through automation, and 25 hours a week back per analyst. Jeremy Powell has been running his own company's platform in production for close to a year and explains what it changes about the SOC, the board conversation, and the analyst's job.
AI-Enabled SOC Operations: From Alert Overload to Autonomous Investigation | A Brand Spotlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl
Nearly 40% of enterprise security alerts go completely unattended -- and the data to prove it is finally here. Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli at RSAC Conference 2026 to talk about what AI-enabled SOC operations actually look like when the theory meets enterprise reality.
The AI Hype Is Real -- But So Is the Risk of Getting It Wrong | A Brand Spotlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Subo Guha, Senior Vice President of Product Management of Stellar Cyber
Before the RSAC Conference 2026 expo floor opens, Subo Guha of Stellar Cyber draws a sharp line between AI that has been proven in production and AI being sold on conference-season enthusiasm. This conversation is the framework every security buyer needs before walking the show floor.
The AI SOC Analyst Is Already Here -- Are You Ready to Rethink the Role of Your Security Team? | A Brand Spotlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl
The debate over whether AI will replace security analysts misses the bigger picture -- and Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, makes a compelling case for why there will actually be more security engineers in the years ahead, not fewer. In this Brand Spotlight ahead of RSAC 2026, Merza unpacks how Crogl is buildi
SOC Automation and the AI-Driven Future of Cybersecurity Defense | A Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast Conversation with Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst of IT-Harvest
As AI models grow more capable by an order of magnitude each year, a new category of SOC automation vendors is replacing manual alert triage with autonomous, around-the-clock detection and response -- and the numbers suggest adoption is already well underway. In this conversation, Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analy
Building Community Around the AI SOC Revolution | A Brand Spotlight Conversation with Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl | AI SOC Summit 2026
Security teams face a new reality where threat actors operate at agentic speed and the cost of launching sophisticated attacks continues to drop. The AI SOC Summit brings together SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, and builders for a day of practical knowledge sharing, hands-on experimentation, and
Cyber Investigations: Methodology over Tools | A Conversation with Christopher Salgado | Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast with Sean Martin
Emerging from the frontlines of cyber investigations, Christopher Salgado joins host Sean Martin in a new episode of the Redefining Cybersecurity Podcast, going straight to the heart of cyber investigations, navigating the terrain from AI tools to organic probing. Salgado reveals the unseen dimensions of cyber investig
Preview of Devo's SOC Analyst Appreciation Day | Celebrating SOC Analysts: A Day of Appreciation and Happiness | An Event Coverage Conversation with Kayla Williams, CISO of Devo
Marco and Sean are joined by Kayla Williams, CISO for Devo Technology, to discuss the upcoming SOC Analyst Appreciation Day, covering topics such as mental health, managing expectations, AI, and the importance of recognition within the cybersecurity industry.
ITSPmagazine Panel | A Day In The Life Of A SOC Analyst | Diverse Perspectives With Kathy Wang, Amina Aggarwal, And Bennett Hendrix III
SOC analysts are often overworked and under-appreciated — but that needs to change! How and where do the SOC and the SOC analyst make positive impacts on the business? That's exactly what we explore in this new episode.
Event Presentation | October 20th 2021 Is The First Ever SOC Analyst Appreciation Day | A Conversation About The Value Of The SOC In Running A Business With Nipun Gupta
SOC analysts are often overworked and under-appreciated — but that needs to change! How and where do the SOC and the SOC analyst make positive impacts on the business? That's exactly what we explore in this new episode.
Event Presentation | Hack For Troops | CyberSecurity Gaming For The Benefit Of Military Veterans | A Conversation With Tech For Troops' Mark Casper
The cybersecurity gaming event, Hack For Troops, takes place on October 30, 2021 from 9AM–4PM ET. Listen in to learn how you can play, watch, and support this program which helps raise money for the non-profit, Tech For Troops.