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SOC automation · Alert triage · Splunk · Sentinel · CrowdStrike

Every alert enriched, grouped and given a verdict with evidence in under a minute.

AI alert triage that works inside your SIEM and EDR. It pulls context, collapses duplicates into incidents and writes a verdict an analyst can check in seconds. Response actions stay behind your approval rules.

Splunk Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Defender, ElasticEvidence query, log lines and reasoning on every verdictAnalyst approval before any containment action

What is AI alert triage?

AI alert triage is the automated first-level review of security alerts from SIEM, EDR and cloud tools. An AI agent enriches each alert with identity, asset and threat-intelligence context, groups related alerts into one incident and assigns a verdict such as benign, suspicious or malicious. It outputs the verdict, the queries and evidence behind it, and a recommended next step for a human analyst.

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The cost of triaging by hand

Analysts spend their shifts clearing noise, and real attacks wait in the queue.

Most SOCs add detections faster than they add people. Alerts arrive without context, duplicates pile up, and the queue decides what gets looked at.

of alerts in in-house SOCs were false positives, and 53% at MSSPs, in a 2021 IDC survey of 300 US SOCs and 50 MSSPs.[2]

security analysts and managers ignore alerts when queues are full, according to the same IDC survey.[2]

Mean time to identify and contain a breach in 2025, per IBM's Cost of a Data Breach report.[1]

Enrichment and a verdict before an analyst opens the alert, with the exact queries shown so it can be checked.

What we deploy

A triage agent that works the way your tier-1 playbooks already do.

Context · identity, asset, intel

Enrichment on arrival

Each alert is expanded with the facts an analyst would look up first, using read-only API access to your tools.

  • User, group and sign-in history from Entra ID or Okta
  • Asset owner, criticality and patch state from your CMDB or ServiceNow
  • Hash, IP and domain reputation from VirusTotal, MISP or your TI feeds
Noise · dedupe and correlation

Grouping into incidents

Alerts from different tools that share a user, host or indicator are merged into one incident with a timeline.

  • Collapses repeated detections from the same root cause
  • Links email, identity and endpoint signals across Splunk, Sentinel and CrowdStrike
  • Suppression suggestions go to detection engineers for approval
Decision · verdict and next step

Verdicts your analysts can audit

The agent follows your runbooks, runs investigation queries and writes a verdict with the evidence attached.

  • SPL, KQL or Falcon queries recorded with results
  • Confidence and MITRE ATT&CK mapping on each incident
  • Containment (isolate host, revoke session) proposed through your SOAR, approved by a human
The 21-day production pilot

Tested against your own closed incidents first.

Days 1–3

Connect read-only and pick the metric

We connect to your SIEM, EDR and identity tools with read-only service accounts, choose the top 10–15 noisiest detection rules and agree one metric: analyst-touched alerts or mean time to triage.

Days 4–10

Back-test on closed alerts

The agent re-triages 30–60 days of closed alerts. We compare its verdicts with your analysts' dispositions and review every case where it would have closed a true positive.

Days 11–17

Shadow the live queue

Verdicts are written as comments in your case system while analysts work as normal. Disagreements feed runbook and prompt fixes.

Days 18–21

Auto-close the proven rules

Auto-close is enabled only for rules with no missed true positives in testing, with random sampling. We report the metric and the Run plan.

Options compared

AI alert triage options compared

CriterionManual tier-1 triageBuilt-in SIEM/XDR AI assistantStratgik build + run
Coverage across toolsAnalyst pivots between consolesStrongest inside that vendor's own stackSplunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Defender, Okta and ticketing together
Uses your runbooksYes, unevenly followedGeneric guidanceYour runbooks and allow-lists encoded and versioned
Evidence for each verdictCase notes varySummaries, partial query visibilityEvery query, result and reasoning step stored
Automated responseManualAvailable, vendor-scopedVia your SOAR with human approval rules per action
Multi-tenant (MSSP)Manual context switchingDepends on licensingPer-client runbooks, data separation and reporting
Best fitLow alert volumeSingle-vendor environmentsMixed stacks and MSSPs with many tenants
Why it matters now

Speed of triage shows up directly in breach cost.

Faster identification and containment reduces what an incident costs. AI in the SOC pays off when it is measured on missed detections as well as saved minutes.

  • Read-only by default; write actions need explicit approval
  • No auto-close on rules with missed true positives in testing
  • Every verdict stored with queries and evidence
  • Logs and prompts stay in your tenant
$1.9mlower average breach cost, and 80 fewer days to identify and contain, for organisations using security AI and automation extensively vs not at all (IBM, 2025)[1]
$10.22maverage cost of a data breach in the United States in 2025 (IBM)[1]
59%of 2,058 security leaders say they have too many alerts to manage (Splunk State of Security 2025)[3]
46%spend more time maintaining tools than investigating threats (Splunk State of Security 2025)[3]
Work out the numbers first

What tier-1 triage time is worth

Estimate analyst hours released when routine alerts arrive already enriched and resolved with evidence. The share resolved without analyst effort is an assumption; the pilot measures it rule by rule.

Analyst capacity released per year

Test this in a pilot

Illustrative estimate using your inputs and stated assumptions, not a quote or guarantee. The pilot measures the real figure against your baseline.

Pricing

Priced by alert volume and number of tools

Pilot

$18,000 one-time

One SIEM or XDR, up to 15 detection rules, one environment or tenant

  • Read-only integration with SIEM, EDR and identity provider
  • Back-test on 30–60 days of closed alerts
  • Shadow mode with verdicts in your case system
  • Report on missed true positives, triage time and one agreed metric
Scope my pilot
Most teams continue here

Run

$5,000 / month

24/7 operation, tuning and weekly accuracy review

  • Monitoring of verdict accuracy against analyst sampling
  • Runbook and allow-list updates within 2 business days
  • New detection rules onboarded monthly
  • Monthly report for SOC manager or client
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Scale

$12,000+ / month

More tools, rules, tenants and approved response actions

  • Multi-tenant MSSP deployment with per-client runbooks
  • SOAR-driven containment with human approval
  • Phishing mailbox and cloud (AWS, Azure) alert triage
  • Detection-engineering feedback on noisy rules
Plan a rollout

Model usage, SIEM query costs and cloud hosting billed at cost. Stratgik does not replace your incident response retainer or accountability for security decisions. Taxes excluded. GBP and AED prices are indicative conversions from USD.

Questions buyers ask

AI alert triage: frequently asked questions

How accurate is AI alert triage?

AI alert triage accuracy depends on your data and runbooks, so it must be measured on your alerts before anything is auto-closed. In our pilot the agent re-triages 30–60 days of closed alerts and we count every true positive it would have dismissed. Auto-close is enabled only for rules where that number is zero, and live verdicts are sampled by analysts every week.

Does AI alert triage work with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel and CrowdStrike?

Yes. The agent uses the platforms' APIs to run SPL in Splunk, KQL in Sentinel and Falcon queries in CrowdStrike, and reads context from Entra ID, Okta, Defender, ServiceNow and threat-intelligence feeds. It writes verdicts back as comments or fields in your existing case management, so analysts do not need a new console.

Can AI take containment actions on its own?

Only if you allow it, per action. By default the agent is read-only and proposes actions such as isolating a host, revoking a session or disabling a user. Those run through your SOAR playbooks with analyst approval. Some teams later allow low-impact actions, like blocking a known-bad hash, to run automatically with notification.

How is this different from SOAR playbooks?

SOAR playbooks follow fixed branches, which works for predictable alerts but breaks when context is missing or unusual. An AI triage agent decides which lookups to run, reads the results and reasons about them, then records its steps. We use both: the agent investigates and recommends, and your SOAR executes approved actions reliably.

How much does AI alert triage cost for a SOC or MSSP?

Stratgik's pilot is a fixed $18,000 for one SIEM or XDR and up to 15 detection rules. Run is $5,000 a month including tuning and accuracy reviews. Scale for multiple tenants, more tools and approved response actions starts from $12,000 a month. Model and query usage is billed at cost.

Where does our security data go?

It stays in your environment. The agent runs in your AWS, Azure or GCP account, uses read-only service accounts, and calls model endpoints that do not retain or train on your data. For MSSPs, each client tenant has separate credentials, runbooks and storage. Every query and model call is logged for audit.

Next step

Pick your five noisiest detection rules.

We will show you, on a sample of your own closed alerts, how the agent would have triaged them and where it would have needed a human.