What if your security team never missed a single alert and actually had time to think strategically?

In this episode, Ahmed Achchak, CEO and Co-Founder of Qevlar AI, reveals how autonomous SOCs are reshaping security operations worldwide. From tackling alert fatigue to empowering analysts with intelligent AI-driven investigations, Ahmed shares the inside story of building a system that can act on threats faster than any human alone. Learn how Qevlar’s innovative approach is giving organizations clarity, control, and measurable ROI while freeing security teams to focus on what truly matters.

Impactful Moments

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - Founding Qevlar AI by chance

03:30 - Inefficiency of current SOCs

05:00 - Augmenting analysts, not replacing them

08:00 - AI investigating alerts at scale

11:30 - How autonomous agents handle phishing

14:30 - Why tackling all alerts maximizes ROI

17:30 - Graph technology as investigation backbone

25:00 - Limitations and randomness of LLMs

30:30 - Advice for testing AI in SOCs

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