Case 02

Security Operations / Agentic SOC

A security platform is adding agents that triage alerts, investigate incidents, enrich signals, disable users, block IPs, isolate endpoints, and escalate threats.

Runtime decision points between investigation and response, with evidence and escalation requirements.

Where Semantiv helps.

Semantiv controls the boundary between investigation and response. The agent may investigate freely, but disruptive actions must pass through a runtime decision point.

The promise is faster response. The risk is uncontrolled remediation across users, infrastructure, and privileged systems.

case flow recordable
  1. 01 alert
  2. 02 investigation
  3. 03 evidence
  4. 04 authority
  5. 05 response gate
  6. 06 record

Example actions

  • 01 enrich alert context
  • 02 query identity logs
  • 03 mark alert as benign
  • 04 disable user account
  • 05 isolate endpoint
  • 06 block IP address
  • 07 revoke token
  • 08 escalate incident

Example gates

  • 01 alert severity meets threshold
  • 02 affected asset is in scope
  • 03 identity confidence is high enough
  • 04 corroborating evidence exists
  • 05 action is reversible or approved
  • 06 escalation required for privileged systems
  • 07 human approval required for disruptive response

Decision record.

Security teams can move toward agentic response without giving agents unchecked operational power.

Decision record Escalate
Action
Disable user account j.smith
Decision
Escalate
Reason
Suspicious login detected. Endpoint evidence incomplete. User is in executive group.
Outcome
Incident escalated to analyst. Account remains active pending review.

Turn one risky workflow into a reviewable control model.

Use this case shape as a starting point: identify the action, define what it means, attach evidence, find authority, and preserve the decision record.