SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals


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Contact UsThe SOC of the future isn’t a glossy demo—it’s a system built to survive and thrive across complexity, scale, and human limits. This keynote challenges legacy models and lays out a pragmatic vision for SOCs that prioritize signal, resilience, and analyst experience. We’ll unpack what’s broken, what’s promising, and how to build workflows that scale without breaking your team. Drawing from hard-earned lessons at scale, we’ll explore how to architect SOCs that adapt continuously, respect human cognition, and use automation to amplify judgment—not replace it. Like we’ve done for 25+ years, we’ll keep pushing the mundane to machines so analysts can take on what’s next. No hype—just hard truths and practical paths forward.


Carson Zimmerman is the Chief Architect of Microsoft’s Security Operations Center (SOC), where he leads strategic initiatives to advance global threat detection and response.
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