# Reclaiming analyst time: Smarter investigations with AI in defence

DevFeed: [Reclaiming analyst time: Smarter investigations with AI in defence](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reclaiming-analyst-time-smarter-investigations-with-ai-in-defence-88974.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.elastic.co/blog/ai-in-defence>)

Author: Crossley McEwen

Published: 2025-06-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Elastic Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elastic-blog-elasticsearch-kibana-and-elk-stack.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Agentic SOC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-soc.md>), [alert triage](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/alert-triage.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>), [Zero Trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [burnout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/burnout.md>), [cybersecurity-generative-ai-government-predictive-analytics-privacy-first-ai-real-time-analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity-generative-ai-government-predictive-analytics-privacy-first-ai-real-time-analysis.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [siem-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/siem-security.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how Elastic's AI Assistant and Attack Discovery help UK Ministry of Defence security analysts correlate alerts, investigate threats, and automate response tasks. It claims these workflows can reduce time spent on routine work and support the MOD's AI productivity and Zero Trust goals.

## Source excerpt

Security analysts at the UK MOD face thousands of alerts daily, causing burnout while breaches increase. Here's how Elastic's AI tools shorten investigations from hours to minutes, supporting the Defence AI Strategy and Zero Trust goals.