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Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are drowning. Every day, analysts are hit with thousands of alerts—each screaming for attention, most leading nowhere. Between EDR pings, email security events, identity anomalies, and SIEM noise, the reality is simple: no human team can investigate everything. Yet buried somewhere in that mountain of noise are the 10 alerts that actually matter. The 10 that point to lateral movement. Credential abuse. Persistence. Exfiltration. Miss them, and it could mean a breach. That’s where AI changes the game.

Traditional SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) platforms often miss modern phishing attacks because their reliance on pre-determined playbooks and static rules makes them inflexible against rapidly evolving threats. Attackers exploit this rigidity by increasingly leveraging legitimate services like OneDrive and PowerBI to host malicious links, masking their true intent and bypassing SOAR's signature-based and reputation-focused detections. In contrast, AI SOC Analyst platforms are inherently more adaptable and goal-driven, utilizing advanced machine learning and behavioral analytics to automatically adjust investigation techniques and identify subtle anomalies that don't fit known patterns. By intelligently correlating diverse data and automatically investigating links embedded within the legitimate website's context, Culminate's AI SOC Analyst can effectively handle incomplete or ambiguous information, proactively detecting sophisticated phishing campaigns that intentionally evade conventional defenses.

Since 2021, the Scattered Spider cybercriminal group has rapidly evolved into a sophisticated ransomware operation that blends social engineering with technical precision. Unlike traditional ransomware campaigns that unfold over days or weeks, Scattered Spider executes a full kill chain—from initial access to data theft and encryption—within hours, overwhelming even mature SOCs.

Push fatigue and password spray attacks exploit user distraction and weak authentication context, making it easy for attackers to bypass MFA. Culminate’s AI SOC Analyst detects these behaviors across identity, EDR, and email logs, and takes automated action—like resetting passwords or deleting malicious emails—while providing clear case timelines for rapid, confident response.

Culminate is now on AWS Marketplace—making it easier than ever to procure and deploy our AI-powered SOC Analyst. Secure your cloud-native environments with speed, precision, and the convenience of AWS billing.

We're proud to announce Culminate is SOC 2 Type II compliant—a key milestone in our commitment to security and trust as we support companies in finance, healthcare, and high tech. This audit confirms our controls are effective and consistently protect customer data.