Please join us on Friday February 6, 2026 for Super Cyber Friday.
Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Analyst Happiness: An hour of critical thinking about why a happy SOC is an effective SOC.”
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Joining David Spark, producer of CISO Series for this discussion will be:
- Jon Hencinski, head of security operations, Prophet Security
- Justin Lachesky, director, cyber resilience, Redis
In preparation for our discussion, think about the following:
- What’s the real relationship between SOC analyst happiness and actual security outcomes? Does a miserable team create more risk?
- Why do we treat analyst burnout and dissatisfaction as inevitable parts of SOC operations rather than fixable design problems?
- How do you distinguish between legitimate concerns about AI replacing analysts versus resistance to change that keeps analysts stuck in soul-crushing work?
- Is the “security breach gets you more budget” dynamic actually making it harder to invest in analyst happiness because we’re incentivized to stay in crisis mode?
- How should SOCs restructure work to build trust in AI systems when analysts have legitimate concerns with this technology?
- What makes analysts genuinely happy versus what security leaders think makes them happy? Where’s the disconnect?
- If AI fundamentally changes the analyst role from triaging alerts to something else? If so, what’s that “something else, “and how do we prepare analysts for it without creating existential dread?
- How do you create an environment where analysts trust that automation is there to eliminate their worst work, not eliminate them?
It all starts at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. At the end of the hour [2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific] we’ll switch gears to our meetup where everyone will get a chance to chat face to face.
Huge thanks to our sponsor, Prophet Security
ALSO…
- We play games during the show, and some players can win prizes! Players in the US can receive prizes as gifts; those outside the US can win gift cards.
Super Cyber Fridays are open discussions where all viewers and listeners are welcome to become participants. Before the scheduled event, connect your webcam and microphone (avoid Bluetooth). During the discussion, if you have a question or comment, let it be known in the chat room and our producer will do his best to get as many of you into the conversation. We look forward to you joining us.