Black Hat webinar review 2026: From alert fatigue to machine-speed defense: Using agentic AI to compress the distance between detection, investigation, and response.
Takeaways from Blackhat webinar: Prevention at Machine Speed: Hunting Beyond Known Detections Elastic’s approach to AI-powered security immediately stood out to me during the Black Hat webinar “Prevention at Machine Speed: Hunting Beyond Known Detections.” James Spiteri and Paul Ewing demonstrated considerable enthusiasm when discussing Elastic’s investment in agentic AI, threat hunting, and security workflows designed to help analysts work more efficiently. The real value of agentic AI may be its ability to reduce the amount of routine investigation that consumes an analyst’s time. Having toured the NOC at Black Hat and security responsibilities as one of my hats, I understand how standard alerts can divert attention from more important operational and security issues. Elastic’s approach goes beyond simply having an assistant handle routine alerts. Attack Discovery can correlate related alerts, analyze security data, and provide analysts with a broader narrative of poten...