Modern CTO How to Build Defense for AI Cyber Attack Waves with Ariful Huq, Co-Founder at Exaforce
Feb 5, 2026
Ariful Huq, co-founder of Exaforce and builder of AI-augmented SOC automation, explains defending against AI-powered cyber attack waves. He covers why alert overload and 98% false positives cripple teams. Hear how AI agents speed triage, automate remediation with human safeguards, and scale small security teams into much larger-capacity operations.
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Build A SOC Fast With AI
- Build a SOC in days by combining platform, AI, and services instead of hiring for months.
- Use AI to augment small security teams so they act like much larger teams without huge headcount increases.
AI As A Force Multiplier
- AI can nonlinearly multiply analyst capacity so a small team handles far more alerts.
- Treat AI as a force multiplier to make a team of three operate like a team of ten or more.
SOC Is Centralized Context Work
- Modern SOCs centralize alerts from many tools and require contextual plumbing to reduce noise.
- Small, full-stack security teams blur engineering and operations, increasing the need for consolidated workflows.