You're advising a security platform team that wants to improve SOC analyst productivity and incident response quality. Leadership is deciding how to evaluate a generative AI assistant for analysts, such as one embedded in Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM or Cortex Copilot workflows, against a more traditional rules-based workflow with fixed playbooks and deterministic logic. The debate is not only about speed, but also trust, accuracy, operating cost, and where each approach fits in day-to-day investigations.
How would you evaluate and compare a generative AI assistant for security analysts versus a traditional rules-based workflow?