M ManySignal

By Role: Security Analyst

Focus on threats that need your judgment

You opened 47 alerts today. 40 were false positives you could tell in 30 seconds. ManySignal handles those before they hit your queue. You get the 7 that need human investigation, with full context already assembled.

What takes your time, and what should

Where analyst time goes today
IOC enrichment (VirusTotal, Shodan lookups) 22%
False positive triage (alerts you can dismiss in 30s) 31%
Tool tab-switching and context assembly 17%
Investigation documentation and note-writing 12%
Actual investigation and decision-making 18%
Where analyst time goes with ManySignal
IOC enrichment (automated, pre-alert) 2%
False positive review (high-confidence auto-close) 8%
Context assembly (automated per alert) 3%
Documentation (auto-populated, analyst reviews) 7%
Actual investigation and decision-making 80%

What you get when an alert arrives

+ Threat intelligence already enriched: VirusTotal, Recorded Future, ThreatFox, Shodan queried in parallel
+ Entity timeline: everything that user/host/IP has done in the past 30 days, from all sources
+ Similar historical alerts: past cases involving the same entity or same pattern
+ Triage questions answered: the 6 questions you'd ask manually, pre-answered with evidence
+ Recommended action with reasoning: proposed response and why, reviewable and overridable
+ One-click response actions: suspend account, isolate host, block IP — with approval workflow if required
"I used to dread Monday mornings — 200 alerts from the weekend, all requiring manual lookup before I could even decide if they were real. Now I come in to 30 alerts that actually need me, with context already assembled. I finish the queue by lunch."
Tier 2 Analyst, financial services company

Security analyst FAQ

How does ManySignal change what an analyst actually does with their time?

Without ManySignal, analysts spend roughly 70% of their time on mechanical tasks: IOC lookups, tab-switching between tools, writing investigation notes, and triaging alerts that turn out to be false positives. ManySignal automates the mechanical layer. Analysts spend most of their time on the 15% of alerts that require human judgment — making decisions, not data retrieval.

Does ManySignal make it harder to learn security skills by automating investigation steps?

No. ManySignal is transparent about every step it takes — every query run, every data source checked, every correlation made is visible to the analyst. This creates a learning accelerator: new analysts can watch how ManySignal approaches investigation and understand the reasoning, then apply that pattern themselves. The investigation playbooks function as embedded training.

How does ManySignal handle alerts that don't fit standard playbooks?

Analysts can open any alert as a free-form investigation case in ManySignal and use the entity graph, timeline, and enrichment tools manually. ManySignal's triage agent presents its findings but analysts can override, add additional queries, follow lateral investigation paths, and document their own reasoning. The automation assists; it does not constrain.

What happens when the analyst disagrees with ManySignal's recommended action?

Every ManySignal recommendation includes the reasoning chain — why it concluded what it did, which data sources supported the conclusion, and what confidence level it assigned. Analysts review this reasoning and can override with a documented rationale. Analyst overrides feed back into ManySignal's training loop, improving future recommendations.

How does ManySignal help analysts who need to pivot quickly during an investigation?

The entity graph pivot panel lets analysts jump from any entity to related entities, recent events, open findings, and behavioural baseline in one click. Natural-language search runs complex queries without syntax — 'show me everything this account did in the last 72 hours' returns in seconds. Investigation pivots that used to take 20 minutes take under 2.

Can analysts track their own performance metrics in ManySignal?

Yes. Each analyst has a personal performance dashboard: alerts handled, MTTR, accuracy rate (auto-closure overrides later confirmed true positive), and case throughput over time. Analysts can compare their performance to their own historical trends and identify which alert categories take them the longest to resolve.

How does ManySignal reduce context-switching during an investigation?

The single-pane investigation view combines entity graph, event timeline, IOC enrichment, case notes, and response actions in one interface. Analysts no longer need to switch between a SIEM for search, a separate enrichment tool, a ticketing system, and a response tool. Most investigations complete without leaving the ManySignal case view.

What skills does an analyst need to be effective with ManySignal?

Security domain knowledge remains essential — ManySignal provides the evidence, analysts provide the judgment. Technical skills required: basic understanding of identity and cloud infrastructure concepts, familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK tactics, and the ability to interpret entity graph relationships. No query language expertise, scripting, or tool-specific certifications required.

How does ManySignal help analysts who are new to a specific threat type?

Each verdict surfaces the relevant ATT&CK technique with a linked description. The entity graph snapshot shows the typical blast radius for the affected entity class. Shipped detection descriptions include a 'why this matters' context section. Analysts unfamiliar with a specific threat type can build understanding from the case evidence without needing to search externally.

Spend 80% of your time on the alerts that actually need you

ManySignal handles IOC enrichment, false positive triage, and context assembly — so analysts focus on judgment and response.