Security Balance

Building a More Resilient Future for Threat Detection

Pick your favorite breach or famous security incident and you'll notice that among the multiple issues that allowed it to happen (it's never just one…

23 hrs ago • 

Augusto Barros

August 2025

Are AI SOC Solutions the Real Deal or Just Hype?

It's always fun to answer to smart people's questions

Aug 11 • 

Augusto Barros

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July 2025

How AI is Canceling Noise in Cyber Threat Detection

Autonomous alert investigation is the ANC-equivalent we needed for threat detection

Jul 4 • 

Augusto Barros

May 2025

Joining Prophet Security

So we don't need to agree with the Russians

May 13 • 

Augusto Barros

January 2025

A Turing Test Battle of AIs

How do AIs fare against each other in a game based on the famous Turing test?

Jan 28 • 

Augusto Barros

December 2024

A Year-End Reflection on the SIEM and SecOps Landscape

Because who said it wouldn't become more complicated?

Dec 13, 2024 • 

Augusto Barros

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May 2024

Why do SIEM products keep failing?

Recent announcements from vendors such as Palo Alto and Crowdstrike highlight that the SIEM market is thriving, with an expected value of $10 billion by…

May 17, 2024 • 

Augusto Barros

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March 2024

Endpoint Dependency

How detection is addicted to endpoint telemetry, and how to fix it

Mar 11, 2024 • 

Augusto Barros

December 2023

The Fallacy Of SIEM Alternatives

Fallacy: A fallacy, also known as paralogia in modern psychology, is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument…

Dec 20, 2023 • 

Augusto Barros

What To Do When Threats Become Trivial?

A fascinating aspect of security operations teams is about how threats eventually become trivial, and what happens once they are seen that way.

Dec 20, 2023 • 

Augusto Barros

The Perils of Over-Consolidation in Cybersecurity: Lessons from Tolkien's Middle-Earth

In the realm of cybersecurity, the trend toward consolidation is becoming increasingly prominent.

Dec 20, 2023 • 

Augusto Barros

June 2023