Oh, *Now* They Want AI to Do Their Work

Right. So after years of ignoring security alerts and letting junior admins drown in a sea of false positives, the suits have decided they want AI to sort it all out. Fantastic. Just bloody brilliant.

This article details how some people are using Tines – another overpriced automation platform, naturally – with AI agents (read: glorified chatbots) and Confluence SOPs (because documenting things is *so* hard) to try and automate alert triage. Basically, they’re feeding alerts into this system, having the AI look at them, compare them to pre-written playbooks in Confluence, and then… do something. Like open a ticket or maybe even escalate it to an actual human. Shocking.

They talk about using things like OpenAI models (because everything needs OpenAI now) and how you need to carefully craft your prompts so the AI doesn’t just hallucinate solutions or, worse, make things *worse*. No shit, Sherlock. You think throwing a bunch of data at a black box will magically fix your terrible security posture?

The whole thing revolves around reducing Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time To Respond (MTTR). Translation: they want to look good on reports without actually investing in proper staff or training. It’s all about metrics, not actual security.

They even mention the need for “human-in-the-loop” validation. Which means it *still* needs people. So what was the point of all this AI nonsense again? Oh right, to justify someone’s budget request.

Honestly, if you’re relying on AI to do your basic security work, you’re already screwed. But hey, go ahead and waste your money. I’ll be over here enjoying the inevitable chaos.

Source: How To Automate Alert Triage With AI Agents and Confluence SOPs Using Tines

Related Anecdote: I once saw a company implement an automated phishing email reporting system. It was so sensitive, it flagged *internal* emails from the CEO as malicious because they contained links to shared documents. The entire organization ground to a halt for three hours while IT tried to unblock everything. AI. It’s just… wonderful.

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