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The Future of AI: Human Machine Intelligence and Automating the SOC

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The Future of AI: Human Machine Intelligence and Automating the SOC (PDF, 0.38MB)Published: 07 Jun, 2022
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Dave Shackleford
Dave Shackleford

SANS took an introductory look the Penfield.AI Human Machine Intelligence (HMI) platform, which aims to predict real-time human knowledge, experience, problem solving, and decision-making. It then applies these insights to strategically augment SOC workflows above and beyond the capabilities of today’s security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) and other automation solutions. 

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Dave Shackleford
Dave Shackleford

Dave Shackleford

Senior Instructor

Cybersecurity leader Dave Shackleford combines decades of enterprise defense, cloud security, and hands-on consulting experience to help students master real-world security operations and modern threat defense.

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