Can AI Run Your SOC Better Than You? with Ahmed Achchak

Hacker Valley Studio

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

Links
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