Everyone's been talking about ASOCs (Autonomous Security Operations Center) at RSA Conference this year. But here's what vendors are not telling you. Most of their ASOC products are making decisions in the dark. 

Picture this: Your client's CEO logs in from London, then shortly thereafter from New York. The ASOC sees ‘impossible travel!’ and immediately locks the account, blocking access, right as your CEO is trying to close a $50M deal.

The problem isn't autonomy, it's context-blind autonomy. ASOC solutions that are optimized for speed without context could end up creating more work and chaos than the time they save.

Which is why Morpheus AI is built for contextual autonomy. When Morpheus encounters an impossible travel incident tied to a VIP, it investigates and escalates intelligently to ensure both security and operational resilience.

Because the fastest response means nothing if it's the wrong response at a critical moment.

5 WAYS TO PUT AI TO WORK IN YOUR SOC (MDR, MXDR, MSIEM, & MORE)

AI is breaking MSSP scaling barriers in 2025. We've explored five transformative applications for AI in your SOC. With average attacker breakout times well under one hour, MSSPs need faster response. Learn how Morpheus AI resolves 95% of alerts under two minutes while enabling decisive containment actions across 800+ integrations.

FULLY AUTOMATE L1 AND L2 SOC OPS: THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

While your team burns hours daily on triage and alert correlation, attackers move at machine speed. Our latest whitepaper reveals how Morpheus AI-powered SOCs can achieve 95% automation of L1/L2 tasks, cutting 3.5-hour investigations to under 2 minutes. Get the inside scoop on the Deep Research Framework that fires hundreds of queries in parallel, the Cross-Stack Priority Score that sorts real threats from noise, and stack-adaptive playbooks that eliminate tedious scripting and maintenance.

POLL: TOP 5 SOC OBSTACLES TO EFFICIENCY

We surveyed 100+ security leaders and found that 57 percent are struggling with playbook creation and maintenance. Sound familiar? Read our blog where we break down the top five SOC efficiency killers, from playbook creation and updates to high alert volume, and how Morpheus solves each one.

WHAT CISA'S NEW SOAR GUIDANCE MEANS FOR YOUR SOC

New joint guidance from CISA and Australia's ACSC provides valuable insights into the current state of security automation. The report acknowledges that traditional SOAR platforms require significant ongoing configuration and aren't "set and forget" solutions. We examine their recommendations and discuss how the industry is evolving toward more adaptive automation approaches that reduce operational burden while preserving analyst control.

COMMUNITY PROJECT EXPOSES THE TRUTH ABOUT EDR TELEMETRY COVERAGE 

Discover the EDR Telemetry Project, a vital community-driven initiative transforming how we understand Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) telemetry. In our latest Let’s SOC About it Podcast, Amy Tom caught up with Kostas Tsialemis, founder of the EDR Telemetry Project, to shed light on how this initiative provides crucial visibility into what EDR products actually deliver across operating systems. The project exposes critical gaps between vendor promises and real-world telemetry and helps fill dangerous data blind spots, empowering your threat hunting, detection, and investigations.

INSIDE THE PHISHING FACTORY: WHAT $500/MONTH BUYS ATTACKERS

Attackers now rent complete phishing toolkits for $500/month. AI-generated content, legitimate platform abuse, A/B tested attacks. They're operating like businesses with HR departments, while your team manually hunts threats. Our guests, Curtis Goddard and Brad Farris from Check Point, reveal how "Business Email Compromise 3.0" works. Catch the conversation on the Let’s SOC About It Podcast to learn why fighting AI-powered attacks requires superior AI defense.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Black Hat USA

August 2 - 7, 2025

Las Vegas, NV

Join us to experience our ASOC solution for 100% alert coverage.

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That's a wrap on this month's intel drop. Questions? Feedback? Just hit reply.

Now for the big announcement: I'm heading to Black Hat 2025, and you should too. Find me at Booth 3657 where I'll be demonstrating why contextual autonomy beats speed-only AI every time. Lock in a meeting slot before they're gone, and maybe you'll snag one of our coveted Briefings Pass giveaways.

Until Vegas (or next month's newsletter),
Morpheus

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