From Alerts to Insight: How Agentic AI Elevates Security Teams | SANS Webcast

Learn how agentic AI can help SOC teams reduce alert fatigue, accelerate investigations, and build trust through transparent, evidence-based reasoning. Read the SANS First Look Report: https://embedsecurity.com/blog/resources/r... Learn more about Embed Security: https://embedsecurity.com/ In this SANS webcast, sponsored by Embed Security, SANS Certified Instructor Cristian-Mihai VIDU joins Embed Security founders Seth Summersett and Dr. Jeffrey Jones to discuss how security teams can move beyond reactive alert triage and focus on higher-value activities like threat hunting, detection engineering, and strategic defense. What you'll learn: • Why SOC teams remain trapped in reactive investigations • The impact of alert fatigue and analyst burnout • Why generic LLM approaches often fall short in security workflows • How transparent reasoning builds trust in AI-assisted investigations • The role of structured agentic AI in cybersecurity operations • How to accelerate investigations without sacrificing analyst oversight • A live demonstration of Embed Security's investigation platform Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:15 The SOC Alert Overload Problem 07:47 Why Generic AI Falls Short 09:42 Building Trust in Agentic AI 12:32 How Embed Investigates Alerts 18:11 Live Product Demo 24:50 Bringing Together Multiple Data Sources 26:24 Measuring Accuracy and Reliability 28:32 Key Takeaways #CyberSecurity #SOC #AgenticAI #SecurityOperations #SANS