From Manual Triage to Intelligent Security Operations Implementing artificial intelligence in security operations can feel overwhelming. Many SOC managers I've spoken with want to leverage generative AI but struggle with where to start. After deploying several generative AI automation initiatives across incident response and threat detection workflows, I've identified a repeatable implementation pattern that minimizes risk while delivering measurable improvements in mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR). This tutorial walks through a practical implementation of Generative AI Security Automation focused on automated alert triage—one of the highest-impact, lowest-risk starting points for most organizations. By the end, you'll have a framework for reducing alert investigation time by 60-70% while improving detection accuracy. Phase 1: Data Preparation and Baseline Establishment Successful Generative AI Security Automation depends on quality training data.…