Building an Agentic SOC So Your Team Doesn't Have To
Arctic Wolf, Friday, September 11th, 2026
Automating Tier 1 and Tier 2 SOC work with AI, drawing on published Claude-based security research.
This post explores automating Tier 1 and Tier 2 security operations responsibilities using AI agents, referencing Anthropic's Claude-based research methodology presented at BSides SF and accompanying tutorial material.
The framing acknowledges that most organizations will consume an agentic SOC as a service rather than build one, which makes the technical detail useful mainly for understanding what a provider is actually doing.
The specific division between what agents handle and what escalates to humans is the part worth examining in any such offering.