Seth Goldhammer

@socalledseth.com

20+ years in cybersecurity • currently @grayloginc • in Boulder, CO • Lets talk music, movies, Warriors, Raiders, CU Buffs

Noncontroversial take but growing up in the 80s in suburbia with no cell phones, plenty of other kids, parks and streets to roam and explore unsupervised, may have been the optimal time to grow up.

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Security teams buy “one more tool” to reduce toil. Then investigations turn into nine tabs and a Slack thread. As @socalledseth.com puts it: AI only pays off when it reduces steps inside the analyst’s flow — not when it becomes tab #10. Read the blog: graylog.org/post/the-hum...

The Human-AI Alliance in Security Operations

AI in security operations reduces context switching in SOC investigations, supports analyst judgment, and keeps workflows fast, and human-led.

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Gyms fill in January, empty in February. Security AI mirrors it: fast launches, big promises—then analysts validate outputs. Skip explainability, governance, and context, and AI stalls. Seth Goldhammer @socalledseth.com : graylog.org/post/why-ai-...

Why AI Transformations in Security Fail Like New Year’s Gym Resolutions

Why enterprise AI in security is shifting from fast adoption to explainable, governed systems that SOC teams can trust, audit, and operate safely.

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There’s a lot of unwarranted AI hype and appropriate backlash, so I was pleasantly surprised when I successfully tested if LLM + MCP with Graylog could accurately identify appropriate threat detections and required log sources based on threat actor tactics specific to industry and geography.

Graylog@graylog.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Is your #finserv institution as safe as it could be from #ransomware & other #cyberthreats? Groups like #FIN7, #LazarusGroup & #Carbanak often target #banks with attacks like SWIFT compromises. 🏦 But have no fear, #Graylog + Model Context Protocol are here to help! 🦸 💪 graylog.org/post/how-to-...

Had a dream that I came to take an exam unprepared so I had to take the test using my phone. Typing answers on the phone (about Red Rocks) was taking forever and full of typos, and was growing more concerned I wouldn’t be able to finish the test. I haven’t been a student in over 20 years. WTH?