40% of security alerts are never investigated, and 61% of teams have ignored alerts that later proved critical. AI can address alert fatigue, but only if it covers all three phases: triage, investigation, and response. Tools that only handle one phase just shift the workload. When AI takes over repetitive enrichment and correlation tasks, senior analysts reclaim judgment time and junior analysts develop faster by following AI-driven senior-grade investigations. Adoption advice follows a crawl-walk-run model: fix the data foundation first, then gradually increase AI autonomy rather than jumping straight to full automation.
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The answer is “yes” with a catchWhat happens to analyst work when AI takes overAdvice for adopting AI in the SOC: crawl, walk, runSo, does AI solve alert fatigue?28 Impressions