Chopping AI Down to Size: Turning Disruptive Technology into a Strategic Advantage

On 3 December 2025, The Hacker News argues that AI is now embedded in almost every security product, but the intelligence it offers is often hidden behind proprietary models that security teams cannot inspect. It notes that these models may make risk decisions without understanding an organisation’s context, so professionals should instead build or tune their own AI-assisted workflows to maintain control over logic and outcomes.

The piece gives concrete examples of how AI can reduce translation burdens, such as generating correct syntax to extract logs or data from plain English requests, enabling analysts to focus on investigations rather than mechanics. It also cautions that AI’s decisions can be mathematically sound yet contextually wrong, emphasising the ongoing need for human judgment across defensive, offensive, and investigative roles.

The article, authored by Mark Baggett, SANS Fellow, encourages security teams to audit current AI usage, question outputs, and automate targeted tasks to raise velocity while preserving risk alignment.