Groww's Cyber Defence team shares how they scaled their SOC by rejecting the 'monitor everything' approach. Three core systems drive their strategy: a daily 5PM digest that surfaces only curated, high-signal events; an automated advisory pipeline that ingests CVEs and vendor bulletins, deduplicates them, validates asset exposure, and routes only applicable findings to humans; and an AI-powered L1 triage agent that enriches alerts within two minutes, manages ticket lifecycles, and auto-closes confirmed false positives. The result was an ~80% reduction in MTTR during a month when alert volumes spiked 93%. The underlying philosophy is to prevent the haystack from forming rather than searching it more efficiently.
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Bet 1 — The 5PM digest: a curated signal, not a firehoseWhat We Built — and WhyWhat ChangedBet 2 — Advisory automation: L1 triage before a human is pagedWhat We Built — and WhyGet Groww Engineering Team ’s stories in your inboxWhat ChangedBet 3 — Generalizing the pattern: AI as the L1 analystWhat We Built — and WhyWhat ChangedThe Haystack Was Always Optional181 Impressions